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Ruby and Its Neighbors: Smalltalk
Smalltalk was the second major influence on Ruby's design. A different kind of influence, since almost nothing of Smalltalk's syntax made into Ruby. But many of the details of how objects work are directly inspired by Smalltalk, including the idea that every piece of data is part of the object system.
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Programming LanguagesSoftware Engineering2025
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | Ruby and Its Neighbors: Smalltalk by jrochkind1 | 229 | 143 |
