Re: [Help-smalltalk] [RFC] Smalltalk scripting syntax

[Topher Cyll]

> It seems to me that we have never really addressed the question of how
> the language is used to write actual scripts. 'Scripting' is not a
> precisely defined activity, of course, but it seems to me that scripting
>  often does not require defining new classes.
>
> For example, it's perfectly possible to define classes in Perl, but for
> most scripts I never do.

I would just caution, this may be a symptom of Perl's broken class
system.  I tend not to define classes when I script in Perl either,
but when I'm scripting with Ruby (even simple things) it's not
uncommon for me to define my own classes.

Anyways, good questions you raised!
Toph