4 ms·
Dan Ingalls is one of my computing heroes. I admire how he has forged a fairly unique path of focusing on Smalltalk and dynamic software development and explora
by musicale 3y ago
Dan Ingalls is one of my computing heroes. I admire how he has forged a fairly unique path of focusing on Smalltalk and dynamic software development and exploration environments, and how he turned Javascript into a Smalltalk-like system with Lively.
It's also interesting to me that environments like Smalltalk that required massive computing resources at the time are basically in the noise on a modern system.
I wonder if this uses webassembly or just javascript?
Noting that the Smalltalk zoo is hosted on CHM's domain, I note that I am a huge fan of CHM reviving historical systems as operational emulations in web pages - ideally with appropriate software and user documentation. (The same goes for the Internet Archive's collection of historical software and games running in emulation.) I really enjoy historical system demos as well, but those tend to be limited due to physical constraints (and the need for hardware restoration.)
One day I also hope to visit the MADE[1] in Oakland.
[1] https://www.themade.org https://www.themade.org