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This message was posted on the Squeak list by Dan Shafer. It's an
excellent metaphor.
Code Shopping Support in Squeak
Back when Parc Place was a new company, I interviewed Adele Goldberg for a
profile. I remember asking her what the programming process in Smalltalk
felt
like. She paused for a few moments and then said something like, "I spend a
significant part of my programming time doing code-shopping, looking for
existing methods that do a particular thing I need to do." When I asked how
she
did that, she gave me a couple of tips about searching for methods, then
said,
"Most of the time, I open my door and yell down the hallway, 'Hey! Anybody
got
a method that does this?'"
I am at least vaguely aware that Squeak has implemented some coolness that
allows us to find methods a tad more effectively than in the past. It would
be
a great boon to the community if someone would point them out. I'd be happy
to
return the favor by following up and writing something on the topic for the
Swiki.
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