For the curious, there is an official YouTube channel with the previous editions https://www.youtube.com/@racketlang/playlists (It usually take a few months until the videos are edited and uploaded.)
It's a common way to implement OO in Lisp-y languages. SICP has an example in chapter 3 (IIRC) of doing the same, but the selector had to be quoted as in:
For the curious, there is an official YouTube channel with the previous editions https://www.youtube.com/@racketlang/playlists (It usually take a few months until the videos are edited and uploaded.)
I've been messing around with a language that I summarize as:
ALOE = Scheme + Smalltalk + Types
https://github.com/dharmatech/2026-09-02-aloe-racket
Prototype is in Racket.
Cool project, thank you for sharing. I've been thinking about something similar lately.
However. "Send, not apply" - sigh.. how shall I put it.. let's try this - eyes_rolling_so_hard_they_fall_out_of_sockets.png
you lost me at the receiver selector order.
It's a common way to implement OO in Lisp-y languages. SICP has an example in chapter 3 (IIRC) of doing the same, but the selector had to be quoted as in:
quite elegant, feels like a great balance idiomatic scheme and OO
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