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> Static entities such as classes and methods (and depending on your Smalltalk implementation namespaces and object versions) can be modified at runtime

Then it's not static.

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You are right, my usage of the term static does not go back to a well defined notion, I used it for brevity. What I meant is to make a distinction between entities describing the (runtime) system's state (classes, methods) vs. the entities used in the system's execution (stack frames, message sends).

Static doesn't mean constant or immutable. One can alter static stuff at runtime in all kinds of languages.

Then again it's not static. In programming language semantics, there is a distinction between “static semantics” (e.g., lexical scope, type checking) and “dynamic semantics” (execution). Not having a static semantics (or, rather, having a trivial one) is fine, but it doesn't suddenly allow you to call parts of the dynamic semantics “static”.

What's with kids again not knowing basic computer science?

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