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dave@dthompson@toot.cat (2026-08-12 07:26:59)
Smalltalk evaluation order is diabolical
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Tony Garnock-Jones@tonyg@pubsub.leastfixedpoint.com (2026-08-12 14:41:56)
@dthompson I kinda love it. Feels like a sweet spot between regular but too simple (e.g. S expressions) and expressive but insane and arbitrarily based on vibes (BODMAS, whatever C's bonkers order is, essentially anything else)