FAQ

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Table of contents

1 Overview 2 The Basics 3 Documentation 4 Programming

Overview

Here we answer frequently-asked questions from the The Mailing List, on IRC, and other places.

If you want to add a question and answer to this FAQ, add the question in the correct section below and link to a new page named with a short description of the topic, or link to an existing page.

The Basics

• What is Slate?
• What is Smalltalk?
• What makes Slate cool?
• Why a new programming language?
• Where can I get Slate?
• What do I need to run Slate?
• I tried 1+2 and that does not work! What am I missing?
• Why does the website use rectangles to highlight the links?
• How do I edit slate code and use slate with Emacs?
• Is Slate free? Does anyone support Slate?

Documentation

• Is there a manual?

Programming

• How do I do X?
• What is this mention of Pidgin?
• How is the syntax different from Smalltalk's?
• Why doesn't Smalltalk code X work in Slate?
• When do I need to bootstrap?