Smalltalk (The Technium Podcast S02 E05)
Smalltalk was one of the first object oriented programming languages and a software authoring environment that was highly influential in the history of computing.
We discuss its designer Alan Kay, his vision of personal computing, and the lasting influence of Smalltalk despite its limited commercial adoption.
Smalltalk was one of the first object oriented programming languages and a software authoring environment that was highly influential in the history of computing.
We discuss its designer Alan Kay, his vision of personal computing, and the lasting influence of Smalltalk despite its limited commercial adoption.
Links/Resources:
- Actor Model - https://www.brianstorti.com/the-actor-model/
- Smalltalk Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uknEhXyZgsg
- Smalltalk Build your own Debugger - https://youtu.be/NqKyHEJe9_w?t=355
- Early History of Smalltalk - http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/
- “A remarkable number of artists, scientists, philosophers are quite dull outside of their specialty (and one suspects within it as well). The first siren's song we need to be wary of is the one that promises a connection between an interesting pursuit and interesting thoughts. The music is not in the piano, and it is possible to graduate Juilliard without finding or feeling it.”
- Why was smalltalk not a commercial success?
- Lively and Caffine
Chapters:
0:00 Intros
1:57 The Retro Future
2:34 Origin and Motivation of Smalltalk
7:20 Object Orientation is about message passing
11:51 Meta-circular inspiration
14:31 Smalltalk is an entire environment
18:59 Designed with the GUI in mind
24:35 The Music isn't in the Piano
27:21 Taking a bet on the future
31:42 Surprising things about Smalltalk
34:27 Learning to Program By Reading "Literature”
39:56 Did Smalltalk Achieve It's Goals?
44:43 The Failure of Enterprise Smalltalk
52:30 Even Good Ideas Have to Survive the Marketplace
55:23 Big Ideas Meet Reality
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