From: gavino
Subject: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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Lisp I have heard can copy the features of any language.

What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
From: Pierre THIERRY
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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Le Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:43:10 -0800, gavino a écrit:
> What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?

Breed trolls, it seems.

Quickly,
Pierre



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From: wooks
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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Pierre THIERRY wrote:

> Le Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:43:10 -0800, gavino a écrit:
> > What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
>
> Breed trolls, it seems.
>

wrong.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.smalltalk/browse_frm/thread/b81a6c74644bd2b9/fd4b41d25402b63f#fd4b41d25402b63f
From: Pascal Costanza
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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gavino wrote:
> Lisp I have heard can copy the features of any language.
> 
> What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?

http://www.lisp.org/table/objects.htm

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From: gavino
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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Why is clisp not used in comp sci depts at universities?
From: Pascal Costanza
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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gavino wrote:
> Why is clisp not used in comp sci depts at universities?

It's used at our University.


Pascal

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From: wooks
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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gavino wrote:

> Lisp I have heard can copy the features of any language.
>
> What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?

For a bloke who supposedly knows everything you sure do ask lots of
questions.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics/browse_frm/thread/46ba7f451cb80937/a665ecd98fbf7aa0?lnk=st&q=alt.politics&rnum=1#a665ecd98fbf7aa0
From: Andreas Thiele
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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"gavino" <········@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag ·····························@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> Lisp I have heard can copy the features of any language.
> 
> What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
>

Regarding oo style: 

1. multiple inheritence/mixins
2. generic dispatch
3. method combination
4. Meta Object Protocol

and ... (others may contribute here :)) )

Rem.: I'm no Smalltalk specialist :))

Andreas
From: gavino
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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holy crap, so lisp can do all kinds of things.

now is there anything smalltalk can do that lisp can't?
I assume not because of lisp's ability to copy features?
From: Pascal Costanza
Subject: Re: What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
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gavino wrote:
> holy crap, so lisp can do all kinds of things.
> 
> now is there anything smalltalk can do that lisp can't?
> I assume not because of lisp's ability to copy features?

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/seaside/2002-June/000470.html

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> Lisp I have heard can copy the features of any language.
>
> What are some things lisp can do that smalltalk can't?
>

no, no, no

"Ask not what your Lisp can do for you, ask what you can do with your Lisp."

or something like that, right?
comp.lang.lisp / 2006 / dec