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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.