Comments on: Blame it on Io! A slow-paced introduction to the Io language http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/ Software Development Bits'n'Bobs Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alex http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-7687 Alex Tue, 05 May 2009 19:50:22 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-7687 Have any Sheep or MutantSheep been harmed in the production of this article? Have any Sheep or MutantSheep been harmed in the production of this article?

]]> By: fordston http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-7686 fordston Tue, 05 May 2009 17:01:07 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-7686 Thankyou for your article! Is there a Smalltalk-like IDE for Io, and does this question even make sense? I.e., how does one keep track of all the protos and methods in the system? Is there a proto/method browser available? (I'm from Smalltalk, and, lately, from Java, -- and only tenuously from either of them at that!). ford Thankyou for your article!

Is there a Smalltalk-like IDE for Io, and does this question even make sense?

I.e., how does one keep track of all the protos and methods in the system? Is there a proto/method browser available?

(I’m from Smalltalk, and, lately, from Java, — and only tenuously from either of them at that!).

ford

]]> By: Paulo Köch http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-7660 Paulo Köch Mon, 05 May 2008 21:00:09 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-7660 Ruby vs. Io: I think it's a matter of taste. They have somewhat different paradigms, so it's like comparing two stripes of cheese. =P I already know ruby very well and I'm currently exploring Io. And liking it. =) Overall, it just seems more 'pure'. Ruby vs. Io: I think it’s a matter of taste. They have somewhat different paradigms, so it’s like comparing two stripes of cheese. =P

I already know ruby very well and I’m currently exploring Io. And liking it. =) Overall, it just seems more ‘pure’.

]]> By: Kevin Whitefoot http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-3328 Kevin Whitefoot Mon, 28 May 2007 03:56:05 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-3328 Apart from the prototype versus class distinction IO has futures, Ruby doesn't (at least I don't think so). Apart from the prototype versus class distinction IO has futures, Ruby doesn’t (at least I don’t think so).

]]> By: ozone http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-79 ozone Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:15:55 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-79 Tejinder, Io is certainly different from Ruby. At the very least, Io is prototype-based whereas Ruby is class-based. The differences do not end there, far from it! On the <i>better</i> side of things, it is all a matter of taste. I would recommend learning (or having a good look at) both! Tejinder, Io is certainly different from Ruby. At the very least, Io is prototype-based whereas Ruby is class-based. The differences do not end there, far from it!
On the better side of things, it is all a matter of taste. I would recommend learning (or having a good look at) both!

]]> By: tejinder http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-77 tejinder Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:18:24 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-77 hi, is Io any better/different from Ruby? hi, is Io any better/different from Ruby?

]]> By: ozone http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-34 ozone Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:34:03 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-34 Thanks jer for your comment (I hope you don't mind, I modified the format slightly to improve readability). Your implementation is indeed more accurate. Thanks jer for your comment (I hope you don’t mind, I modified the format slightly to improve readability). Your implementation is indeed more accurate.

]]> By: programming musings » Blog Archive » The clones strike back http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-33 programming musings » Blog Archive » The clones strike back Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:36:48 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-33 [...] Back at Ozone’s you can find a crash introduction to Io, a relatively new prototype-based language. As explained in its official site: Io is a small, prototype-based programming language. The ideas in Io are mostly inspired by Smalltalk (all values are objects), Self (prototype-based), NewtonScript (differential inheritance), Act1 (actors and futures for concurrency), LISP (code is a runtime inspectable/modifiable tree) and Lua small, embeddable). [...] [...] Back at Ozone’s you can find a crash introduction to Io, a relatively new prototype-based language. As explained in its official site: Io is a small, prototype-based programming language. The ideas in Io are mostly inspired by Smalltalk (all values are objects), Self (prototype-based), NewtonScript (differential inheritance), Act1 (actors and futures for concurrency), LISP (code is a runtime inspectable/modifiable tree) and Lua small, embeddable). [...]

]]> By: jer http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-32 jer Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:08:31 +0000 https://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/03/15/blame-it-on-io/#comment-32 You're unless method could be better implemented simply like this: <pre> Object unless := method( if(call argAt(0) not, call argAt(1), call argAt(2)) ) </pre> This will allow you to use: <pre> unless(1 == 2, "stuff" println) </pre> or <pre> unless(1 == 2, "stuff" println, "otherstuff" println) </pre> Your current version requires all three arguments, and in Io, you can leave out any number of arguments if you desire (though not to confuse anyone, if you leave out an arg that a method/block needs, expect trouble). You’re unless method could be better implemented simply like this:

Object unless := method(
  if(call argAt(0) not, call argAt(1), call argAt(2))
)

This will allow you to use:

unless(1 == 2, "stuff" println)

or

unless(1 == 2, "stuff" println, "otherstuff" println)

Your current version requires all three arguments, and in Io, you can leave out any number of arguments if you desire (though not to confuse anyone, if you leave out an arg that a method/block needs, expect trouble).

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