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For example, if asked to provide an example for a factorial function, a typical Smalltalk solution would be to define a method in the Integer class called "factorial", which might look like the following naïve version: |
For example, if asked to provide an example for a factorial function, a typical Smalltalk solution would be to define a method in the Integer class called "factorial", which might look like the following naïve version: |
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<lang smalltalk>factorial |
<lang smalltalk>factorial |
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^ (self <= 1) |
^ (self <= 1) |
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ifTrue:[1] |
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ifFalse:[ self * (self-1) factorial ]</lang> |
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(here 'self' is the Integer receiver object, and "ˆ" returns a value from the message send). |
(here 'self' is the Integer receiver object, and "ˆ" returns a value from the message send). |
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