Smalltalk -- a radical change in programming

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  1972  Dynabook -- Alan Kay
  1976  SmallTalk76
  1980  SmallTalk80
  1990  ObjectWorks/SmallTalk -- VisualWorks

Design principles -- rapid prototyping
  • uniform object model -- control
  • dynamic typing -- flexible
  • standard libraries -- functionality
slide: The language Smalltalk