I think of this as a reference to the phrase ���Turtles all the way down.��� This is an allusion to the idea that the world is a dome-shaped turtle that stands on another turtle that stands on another turtle. How far? ���Why, it is turtles all the way down.��� In this theory, ���down��� is not toward the center of a sphere, but has an absolute direction and implies invinite recursion. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down.

The idea is that Smalltalk is pure objects, made up of objects, made up of objects. How far? ���Objects, all the way down.��� Here ���down��� implies infinite recursion. 

James Foster

On Aug 20, 2024, at 12:15���AM, Rene Paul Mages (ramix) <pharo@rmages.com> wrote:

Dear Pharo community,

At the beginning of this 2012-document  :

https://inria.hal.science/hal-01879346/document

we can read the following sentence (page 4) :

      "Objects all the way down"

Please what is the meaning (in this context) of the adjective "down" ?

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