Io was one of the inspirations that first got me interested in programming languages. It's a beautiful little language. For me, the syntax is a sweet spot of being extremely simple and elegant but no so simple that it gets awkward and verbose like Smalltalk and Lisp can.
The semantics are equally beautiful and elegant.
It's just a cool language.
The main downside is that the semantics are so dynamic that it's virtually impossible to optimize.
The semantics are equally beautiful and elegant.
It's just a cool language.
The main downside is that the semantics are so dynamic that it's virtually impossible to optimize.