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   * **dynamically typed**, which is **not** the same as being untyped: AmbientTalk //values// are typed, but //variables// are not
   * object-oriented, but prototype-based: AmbientTalk provides full support for objects, **delegation** (a form of inheritance) and polymorphic message dispatch. Objects are not instantiated from classes, as in Smalltalk, but rather cloned from existing objects or created //ex-nihilo//, as in Self.
-  * flexible: like Smalltalk, Self and Ruby, AmbientTalk embraces the use of elegant and expressive **block closures** to achieve a level of reusability far exceeding that of Java or similar languages lacking true closures.
+  * flexible: like Scheme, Smalltalk, Self and many other languages, AmbientTalk embraces the use of elegant and expressive **block closures** to achieve a level of reusability far exceeding that of Java or similar languages lacking true closures.
   * event-driven: AmbientTalk has built-in support for **actor**-based concurrency, which operates based on entirely //asynchronous// and //event-driven// communication. No threads, no locks, no deadlock and no data-level race conditions!
   * distributed: AmbientTalk has built-in language constructs to make objects discover and talk to one another in a **peer-to-peer** manner across a TCP/IP network.
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 Of course, we are not claiming that AmbientTalk is a good replacement for distributed computing standards such as CORBA or Jini, which are much more flexible, at the cost of increased complexity. AmbientTalk is simply a lightweight alternative for doing experimental research.
-So, you read the introduction and are interested in all of the gory details of the language? In that case, you can go ahead and [[at:download|download]] AmbientTalk and read the [[at:tutorial:tutorial|tutorial]] which explains the language in much more detail.
+===== Moving on =====
+So, you read the introduction and are interested in all of the gory details of the language? In that case, you can go ahead and [[at:download|download]] AmbientTalk and read the [[at:tutorial:tutorial|tutorial]] which explains the language in much more detail. You can also {{http://prog.vub.ac.be/amop/presentations/SCCC-AT2.html|watch}} an introductory presentation on AmbientTalk (in flash format).