asciilifeform: because - like it or not - when you walk into the book shop, or even the university library, today, and look for oop - you don't get a. kay's smalltalk, s. keene's clos, or kiczales's 'metaobject protocol.' you get: java, 'gang of four', and other swill.

asciilifeform: !s kiczales

asciilifeform blows dust off kiczales

asciilifeform: or even showed symptoms of having so much as smelled the book gas in kiczales et al