73 ;;Quote: difficult to learn Smalltalk because of its size, diffuse nature, and generalist design

74+ ;;Quote: Smalltalk is hard to learn because of its size

74 ;;Quote: in Smalltalk, a function's code is spread over many objects of many classes; must piece these together to understand the system

74 ;;Quote: Smalltalk's inheritance mechanism makes it difficult to find which method is executed, especially if the receiver's class is unknown

74+ ;;Quote: while untyped variables is good for exploratory programming, you often know the type ahead of time

74 ;;Quote: specifying data types makes code more readable

75+ ;;Quote: Smalltalk has fallen into the formalist trap of too few primitives; requires subtle distinctions to differentiate parts of the system

75 ;;Quote: Smalltalk has only a few, very general rules for constructing objects; can not infer sufficient information to help the user

75 ;;Quote: Smalltalk has fallen into the hacker trap of too many features; these overwhelm the novice

76 ;;Quote: reuse is not free; you must find the reused functions, learn their use, and avoid unexpected side effects