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On 14/08/2018, 18:32, "Chris Muller" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I believe Squeak can go so much further when
intelligent-but-illiterate people
> can read the code.

+1


Edgar
@morplenauta

On Tuesday 14 August 2018 01:20 PM, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> Seriously, there is a flaw in the teaching if your figures are right.
> Literacy is important.  Brevity is important. Idiom is important.
> And knowing what the basic elements of the language are is important.
> That [] value == nil is true is important.

Should we add a section to Squeak Help where such idioms can be
preserved and tracked?

I thought of adding it to Terse Guide to Squeak, but this guide is
already large. I also the one page version better when I could take it
all in one glance but that's just me :-(.

Regards .. Subbu

On 8/15/18, K K Subbu <[hidden email]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 August 2018 01:20 PM, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>> Seriously, there is a flaw in the teaching if your figures are right.
>> Literacy is important.  Brevity is important. Idiom is important.
>> And knowing what the basic elements of the language are is important.
>> That [] value == nil is true is important.
>
> Should we add a section to Squeak Help where such idioms can be
> preserved and tracked?

+1


> I thought of adding it to Terse Guide to Squeak, but this guide is
> already large. I also the one page version better

+1

when I could take it
> all in one glance but that's just me :-(.
>
> Regards .. Subbu
>
>