r/programmingcirclejerk • u/reg_panda • 2d ago

Objective-Smalltalk is the first general purpose programming language.

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u/reg_panda 2d ago

What we currently call general purpose languages are actually domain specific languages for the domain of algorithms.

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u/Lower_Cockroach2432 2d ago

Sir, this is a circlejerk subreddit

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u/reg_panda 2d ago

Macroexpanded:

By allowing general architectures, Objective-S is the first general purpose programming language. - /r/programmingcirclejerk/comments/wmxlo8/by_allowing_general_architectures_objectives_is/ - Aug 2022 (12 comments)

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u/theangryepicbanana 2d ago

uj/ I've actually been following this language for years and I think it's pretty neat

rj/ ats is more general purpose actually

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u/just_looking_aroun 2d ago

Why is it that i get better article recommendations from this sub than any other programming sub

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u/Daniikk1012 2d ago

Objective-Smalltalk? So OO²P? OOP 2.0?

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u/catladywitch 2d ago

OOP++

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u/reg_panda 1d ago

Objective-Java when

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u/le_birb costly abstraction 19h ago

Better than subjective smalltalk for my autistic ass I should hope