The workspace shape in Smalltalk

The smallest Smalltalk: temporaries, messages, Transcript.

"Everything is a message send; Transcript is the console."
| shop |
shop := 'The Standing Type'.
Transcript show: 'Press day at ', shop; cr.
Transcript show: (6 * 8) printString, ' pages to impose'; cr.

How it works

1. | shop | declares a temporary between vertical bars.
2. Transcript show: prints; the cascade ; cr adds the newline.
3. (6 * 8) printString turns the number into printable text.

Keywords and builtins used here

• Transcript
• cr
• printString

The run, in numbers

Lines

5

Characters to type

202

Tokens

29

Three-star pace

65 tpm

At the three-star pace of 65 tokens a minute, this run takes about 27 seconds.

Type this snippet

Step 1 of 3 in Values, step 1 of 31 in Language basics.

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