[Edu-sig] Smalltalk syntax benefits

[Andreas Raab]

Paul D. Fernhout wrote:
> Again, just because Smalltalk has this and Python does not does not mean 
> I'm saying "use Smalltalk". I'm just saying, how can Python get this 
> feature? Maybe it can't. Then my next thing is, can the two syntaxes live 
> side by side -- a possible area for exploration.

Croquet allows this, e.g., you can write:

OpenGL>>drawRect: rect
   self
     glBegin(GL_QUADS);
       glVertex2f(rect left, rect top);
       glVertex2f(rect right, rect top);
       glVertex2f(rect right, rect bottom);
       glVertex2f(rect left, rect bottom);
     glEnd().

The idea was to leverage existing API documentation (in particular for 
OpenGL).

Cheers,
   - Andreas