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It was interesting to learn that Smalltalk originated as a language for children, rapidly developed by Alan Kay for the Alto. It's a shame that the more simpli
by chasil 4y ago
It was interesting to learn that Smalltalk originated as a language for children, rapidly developed by Alan Kay for the Alto.
It's a shame that the more simplistic branch didn't endure, perhaps as an alternative to Logo.
- chriswarbo 4y ago> It's a shame that the more simplistic branch didn't endure, perhaps as an alternative to Logo. Scratch was originally built in Smalltalk (newer versions use JS) A rival to Scratch, which is also written in Smalltalk and is 'closer' to 'proper Smalltalk' is EToys http://squeakland.org http://squeakland.org
- jecel 4y agoThe original name for Smalltalk was "Slogo" for "Simulation Logo" (like Simula was for simulation in Algol). It also reflected the expected performance of the first implementations. http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/ http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/