... SWOOP (or OOF) accept the Neon syntax. For example, DRAW: MyBox would be ... Neon accept the SWOOP or OOF syntax may be a bit harder because it ... to support the "obj1 obj2 obj3 method" syntax you describe above. The OO syntax that can support a compatibility layer that handles the opposite syntax would be the better one to ... object code is the same, the source syntax doesn't matter. -Brad

... issue here. I'll also (dangerously) reference a key detail about OO systems implemented in Lua that might not be apparent to a casual ... in that table. But it's essentially the same thing.) So, an OO system in Lua can freely choose between early binding and late binding ...start simple. If I was to define a set of primitives for OO in Forth, it would have these: 1. Given a ...

... this is really needed depends on the programming style, of course. Large Java servers do this a lot.) Secondly, any Forth-based OO language is by definition not pure-OO, so much of the work is done by imperative (i.e. trad Forth) code. So I'm guessing that the difference to the whole system ...

...nntp@japanisshinto.com> wrote: Mike Hore wrote: So to get back to the idea of standardization, I like the idea of low-level primitives on which anybody can build their own syntax. vtable and Smalltalk-style method dispatch are fundamentally different semantically, and as we've seen in this discussion there are plenty of valid uses for both. [...] Are they ...

...standardization, I like the idea of low-level primitives on which anybody can build their own syntax. vtable and Smalltalk-style method dispatch are fundamentally different semantically, and as we've seen in... Foo." So I would start simple. If I was to define a set of primitives for OO in Forth, it would have these: 1. Given a selector and an object, produce a token...

... which anybody can build their own syntax. vtable and Smalltalk-style method dispatch ... all of them into a "Base OO wordset".  I'd prefer the latter, ... is class-based or prototype-based OO.  I'm most comfortable with class-... capable of implementing all the common OO paradigms that are in use. ...(maybe everyone's kill-filed the OO syntax thread?) so I'm renaming the topic and going to do ...

...of low-level primitives on which anybody can build their own syntax. vtable and Smalltalk-style method dispatch are fundamentally different semantically, ..." method. Another question is class-based or prototype-based OO. I'm most comfortable with class-based myself, but I'm.... If I was to define a set of primitives for OO in Forth, it would have these: 1. Given a selector ...

... 2008 12:35:47 +0930, Mike Hore <mike_horeREM@OVE.invalid.aapt.net.au> wrote: Nobody's replied yet (maybe everyone's kill-filed the OO syntax thread?) so I'm renaming the topic and going to do some rambling about possible standardizable primitives. We have four object systems to maintain, and ...

...@ove.invalid.aapt.net.au> wrote: Nobody's replied yet (maybe everyone's kill-filed the OO syntax thread?) I hope not. It's been one of the most interesting and productive threads that I've...think it's appropriate to design some uber-system that supports all the OO implementation possibilities. It will end up being much too cumbersome. IMO... ...

... which anybody can build their own syntax. vtable and Smalltalk-style method dispatch ... all of them into a "Base OO wordset".  I'd prefer the latter, ... is class-based or prototype-based OO.  I'm most comfortable with class-... capable of implementing all the common OO paradigms that are in use. ...(maybe everyone's kill-filed the OO syntax thread?) so I'm renaming the topic and going to do ...