[ANN] Like, Python? Like, Squeak!

Folks -

I just came across this amazing bit of modern language design:

  http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/

And I just couldn't stop myself. I am happy to announce Like, Squeak the modern version of the Squeak language! Just as in Like, Python you will write your code, like, in a style culturally appropriate for teh 21st century. Let's give it a shot, bro:

 ok so fields := #(1 2 3) ah collect:[: omg aNumber|
   aNumber reciprocal dude yeah
 ].
 yo Transcript just friggin show: da fields toootally reversed

Can you imagine the productivity boost? You just write it just the way you'd spell it! Like, Squeak opens completely new directions for any serious Squeak developer.

Here is a full list of Like, Squeak keywords (which looks awfully similar to the Like, Python keywords):

* Valleygirl: omg, so, like, totally, right, toootally
* Frat guy: friggin, fuckin, dude, man, bro, broheim, broseph
* Internets: lol, rofl, teh, ohai, plz
* Snoop: yo, homey, homeboy, sup, dog, shit, girl, ma, biatch, ho, shiiit
* Local: wicked, hella, anyways
* Misc: just, hey, yeah, ok, um, uh, ah, actually, something

Surely, this will open the door to lots of new users trying out Squeak!

Cheers,
 - Andreas

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Andreas Raab <[hidden email]> wrote:

Folks -

I just came across this amazing bit of modern language design:

  http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/

And I just couldn't stop myself. I am happy to announce Like, Squeak the modern version of the Squeak language! Just as in Like, Python you will write your code, like, in a style culturally appropriate for teh 21st century. Let's give it a shot, bro:

 ok so fields := #(1 2 3) ah collect:[: omg aNumber|
   aNumber reciprocal dude yeah
 ].
 yo Transcript just friggin show: da fields toootally reversed

Can you imagine the productivity boost? You just write it just the way you'd spell it! Like, Squeak opens completely new directions for any serious Squeak developer.

Here is a full list of Like, Squeak keywords (which looks awfully similar to the Like, Python keywords):

* Valleygirl: omg, so, like, totally, right, toootally
* Frat guy: friggin, fuckin, dude, man, bro, broheim, broseph
* Internets: lol, rofl, teh, ohai, plz
* Snoop: yo, homey, homeboy, sup, dog, shit, girl, ma, biatch, ho, shiiit
* Local: wicked, hella, anyways
* Misc: just, hey, yeah, ok, um, uh, ah, actually, something

Surely, this will open the door to lots of new users trying out Squeak!

I'm sorry, I don't understand your banter.

Can we please add whatHo, notCricket, goodShow, oldBoy, newFangled, prang, bloody and snifter old boy?  WWII banter suits Squeak better than all that new-fangled stuff by requiring camelCase to make it parse.

And does this mean I have to stop writing "self doShit" in my Smalltalk code?

 

Cheers,
 - Andreas

Guten Morgen,

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Ronald Spengler <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I can haz deutsch?

hm. With a distinctly Hessian dialect (which is the only one I can
make up right now),

self drink: Cider pint

would look (and sound, if you can pronounce it) like this:

isch willDringe: Bembelsche e

(Smalltalk syntax requires a slight modification to the structure; "e
Bembelsche" would be correct).

And then there's this:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html

        domus Specimen.                        # package Specimen;

        newere                                      # sub new
        sic                                         # {
            meis datibus.                           #   my %data;
            counto intra Specimen
                postincresce.                       #   $Specimen::count++;
            datibus nullum horum benedictum.        #   bless \%data, $_[0];
        cis                                         # }

        printere                                    # sub print
        sic                                         # {
            modus tum indefinitus inquementum mori. #   die 'method undefined';
        cis                                         # }

        domus princeps.                             # package main;

        meo objecto da                              # my $object =
                newementum apud Specimen.      #       Specimen->new;

Best,

Michael