Zope was strongly influenced by Smalltalk > The ZODB is an (almost) transparent python object persistence system, heavily influenced by Smalltalk. https://zod

Zope was strongly influenced by Smalltalk > The ZODB is an (almost) transparent python object persistence system, heavily influenced by Smalltalk. https://zodb.org/en/latest/articles/ZODB-overview.html#comparison-to-other-database-types https://zodb.org/en/latest/articles/ZODB-overview.html#compa... I think Jim Fulton and other authors of Zope originally came from Smalltalk