SELF: The power of simplicity Export

@article{citeulike:6081133, abstract = {SELF is an object-oriented language for exploratory programming based on a small number of simple and concrete ideas: prototypes, slots, and behavior. Prototypes combine inheritance and instantiation to provide a framework that is simpler and more flexible than most object-oriented languages. Slots unite variables and procedures into a single construct. This permits the inheritance hierarchy to take over the function of lexical scoping in conventional languages. Finally, because SELF does not distinguish state from behavior, it narrows the gaps between ordinary objects, procedures, and closures. SELF's simplicity and expressiveness offer new insights into object-oriented computation.}, author = {Ungar, David and Smith, Randall B.}, citeulike-article-id = {6081133}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01806105}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/t8m37757w2011502}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF01806105}, journal = {LISP and Symbolic Computation}, keywords = {obp6, prototypes, self}, month = {July}, number = {3}, pages = {187--205}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 15:58:05}, priority = {2}, title = {SELF: The power of simplicity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01806105}, volume = {4}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6081133 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6081133 N2 - SELF is an object-oriented language for exploratory programming based on a small number of simple and concrete ideas: prototypes, slots, and behavior. Prototypes combine inheritance and instantiation to provide a framework that is simpler and more flexible than most object-oriented languages. Slots unite variables and procedures into a single construct. This permits the inheritance hierarchy to take over the function of lexical scoping in conventional languages. Finally, because SELF does not distinguish state from behavior, it narrows the gaps between ordinary objects, procedures, and closures. SELF's simplicity and expressiveness offer new insights into object-oriented computation. IS - 3 JF - LISP and Symbolic Computation EP - 205 TI - SELF: The power of simplicity VL - 4 SP - 187 KW - obp6 KW - prototypes KW - self AU - Ungar, David AU - Smith, Randall PY - 1991/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01806105 ER -