Comments on: Squeak By Example (first impressions) http://weblog.masukomi.org/2008/03/13/squeak-by-example-first-impressions mah-soo-koh-me Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:53:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim Keating http://weblog.masukomi.org/2008/03/13/squeak-by-example-first-impressions/comment-page-1#comment-43 Tim Keating Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:23:52 +0000 http://weblog.masukomi.org/2008/03/13/squeak-by-example-first-impressions#comment-43 If you're turned on by unit tests being supported by the core language, you should also take a gander at D (http://digitalmars.com/d). To summarize: - TDD built in from the ground up (unittest is a keyword, pre- and post-conditions can be added to function blocks etc. etc.) - Compiled language, like C++, but with GC and modern syntax innovations (foreach) included. - Arrays are bounds-checked by the compiler. - Lots of little things that are rough edges in other languages smoothed away. (One of my favorites is the fact that you can use _ as a separator for large numbers: 1_000_000 f'rinstance.) TK If you’re turned on by unit tests being supported by the core language, you should also take a gander at D (http://digitalmars.com/d). To summarize:

– TDD built in from the ground up (unittest is a keyword, pre- and post-conditions can be added to function blocks etc. etc.)
– Compiled language, like C++, but with GC and modern syntax innovations (foreach) included.
– Arrays are bounds-checked by the compiler.
– Lots of little things that are rough edges in other languages smoothed away. (One of my favorites is the fact that you can use _ as a separator for large numbers: 1_000_000 f’rinstance.)

TK

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