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Smalltalk was one of the first object oriented programming languages and a software authoring environment that was highly influential in the history of computing.We discuss its designer Alan Kay, his vision of personal computing, and the lasting influence of Smalltalk despite its limited commercial adoption.Links/Resources:Actor Model - https://www.brianstorti.com/the-actor-model/https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6272Smalltalk Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uknEhXyZgsgSmalltalk Build your own Debugger - https://youtu.be/NqKyHEJe9_w?t=355Early History of Smalltalk - http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/“A remarkable number of artists, scientists, philosophers are quite dull outside of their specialty (and one suspects within it as well). The first siren's song we need to be wary of is the one that promises a connection between an interesting pursuit and interesting thoughts. The music is not in the piano, and it is possible to graduate Juilliard without finding or feeling it.”Why was smalltalk not a commercial success? http://www.wirfs-brock.com/allen/posts/914https://gbracha.blogspot.com/2020/05/bits-of-history-words-of-advice.htmlLively and Caffine https://lively-kernel.org/Chapters:0:00 Intros1:57 The Retro Future2:34 Origin and Motivation of Smalltalk7:20 Object Orientation is about message passing11:51 Meta-circular inspiration14:31 Smalltalk is an entire environment18:59 Designed with the GUI in mind24:35 The Music isn't in the Piano27:21 Taking a bet on the future31:42 Surprising things about Smalltalk34:27 Learning to Program By Reading "Literature”39:56 Did Smalltalk Achieve It's Goals?44:43 The Failure of Enterprise Smalltalk52:30 Even Good Ideas Have to Survive the Marketplace55:23 Big Ideas Meet Reality===== About “The Technium” =====The Technium is a weekly podcast discussing the edge of technology and what we can build with it. Each week, Sri and Wil introduce a big idea in the future of computing and extrapolate the effect it will have on the world.Follow us for new videos every week on web3, cryptocurrency, programming languages, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and more!===== Socials =====WEBSITE: https://technium.transistor.fm/SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ljTFMgTeRQJ69KRWAkBy7APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-technium/id1608747545
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