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Literally almost every piece of consumer facing software is created using languages or frameworks that derive from Smalltalk-esque principles (OOP, MVP, IDEs, e
by Mikeb85 4y ago
Literally almost every piece of consumer facing software is created using languages or frameworks that derive from Smalltalk-esque principles (OOP, MVP, IDEs, etc...).
And the creative spirit is what brings innovation. Tons of what's obvious now wasn't obvious when someone created it.
- igouy 4y agoXerox PARC has certainly been influential: "The Alto software included four different programming environments: BCPL, Mesa, Smalltalk, and Lisp." https://computerhistory.org/blog/xerox-alto-source-code/ https://computerhistory.org/blog/xerox-alto-source-code/ https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-deep-history-of-your-apps-steve-jobs-nextstep-and-early-object-oriented-programming/ https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-deep-history-of-your-ap...