> should programming languages evolve Smalltalk is more a syntax for lambda calculus and objects than a language; the language is all in the library which mean

> should programming languages evolve Smalltalk is more a syntax for lambda calculus and objects than a language; the language is all in the library which means it's constantly evolving. I don't have to wait for new versions of Smalltalk because I can add anything I want to it at any time. Smalltalk isn't legacy, it's just not popular; those are entirely different things.