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> I did not know Smalltalk even existed That's sad, because Smalltalk is the grandfather of modern (or arguably all) OOP languages and is referenced in a lot o
by toyg 4y ago
> I did not know Smalltalk even existed
That's sad, because Smalltalk is the grandfather of modern (or arguably all) OOP languages and is referenced in a lot of famous OOP books. I've never used it, but I remember a lot of folks talking about it in very reverential terms when Java first came to the scene. From what I understand, it was largely killed by bad commercial choices that restricted adoption until it was too late to matter.
- pjmlp 4y agoThat role belongs more to Simula, without which Smalltalk would never have happened in first place. The biggest impact was when one of the biggest Smalltalk vendors, IBM, decided to reboot their Smalltalk business into Java.
- sebastianconcpt 4y agoRight, these are the father and grandfathers of all OOP