self

adj 1: combining form; oneself or itself; "self-control"

2: used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or

from or for--the self; "self-knowledge";

"self-proclaimed"; "self-induced"

n 1: your consciousness of your own identity [syn: {ego}]

2: a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"

Self

A small, {dynamically typed} {object-oriented

language}, based purely on {prototypes} and {delegation}.

Self was developed by the Self Group at {Sun Microsystems

Laboratories, Inc.} and {Stanford University}. It is an

experimental {exploratory programming} language.

Release 2.0 introduces full {source-level debugging} of

optimised code, adaptive optimisation to shorten compile

pauses, {lightweight threads} within Self, support for

dynamically linking {foreign functions}, changing programs

within Self and the ability to run the experimental Self

graphical browser under {OpenWindows}. Designed for

expressive power and malleability, Self combines a pure,

{prototype}-based object model with uniform access to state

and behaviour. Unlike other languages, Self allows objects to

inherit state and to change their patterns of inheritance

dynamically. Self's customising compiler can generate very

efficient code compared to other dynamically-typed

object-oriented languages.

Version: 3.0 runs on {Sun-3} (no optimiser) and {Sun-4}.

{Home (http://www.sunlabs.com/research/self/)}.

["Self: The Power of Simplicity", David Ungar

et al, SIGPLAN Notices 22(12):227-242,

OOPSLA '87, Dec 1987].

(1999-06-09)