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Self: The power of simplicity

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OOPSLA '87: Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications

Pages 227 - 242

https://doi.org/10.1145/38765.38828

Published: 01 December 1987 Publication History

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Self is a new 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.

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Index Terms

Self: The power of simplicity
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Data types and structures
      2. Language types
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems
        Communications management
        Message passing

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OOPSLA '87: Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications

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