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Dolphin Smalltalk: Language
nSemantics
¨Methods are public
nCan be flagged as private, but not enforced
¨Variables are protected
nRequire accessors for non-subclass access
¨Uninitialized variables are set to nil
¨Methods return a single value using ^ or implicitly
return self
¨Blocks return the value of the last expression
¨Case follows conventions
nUppercase first letter for classes
nLowercase first letter for variables and methods
nCamelcase thereafter