Smalltalk

...in C++/Java are historically innaccurate. Design patterns (like much of modern programming) originated in the Smalltalk community. Smalltalk is dynamic. It has first-class functions. Most of the flaws pointed to in C++ which "modern"...

In this article: C++, Ruby, Python, Java, Scala, Common Lisp, Rumination, and Design Patterns

...Pro, OpenWRT router (for building powerful, inexpensive internet gateways). Most admired technologist: Alan Kay (Xerox Parc, Smalltalk, computer education), Guy L. Steele (computer scientist, inventor of Scheme), Seymour Cray...

In this article: Robert Pirsig, Philosopher, IPod, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Unix, and Small business

...a true expert in C programming. In fact, he specialized in C using Borland Turbo C 3.0. As he struggled to learn the concepts behind C++ and Smalltalk, he loaded his programs into Turbo C, either believing or hoping that Turbo would somehow be...

In this article: Java, Internationalization, World Wide Web, C++, Google Web Toolkit, and Ajax

...in Design Patterns because their languages provide alternative ways of solving the problems. Our patterns are for languages between C++ and Smalltalk, which includes just about everything called "object-oriented," but they certainly are not...

In this article: C++, Ruby, Python, Java, and Design Patterns

Visual Smalltalk Enterprise (VSE) is a Smalltalk dialect that runs only on Microsoft Windows, and is the last in a long line of Smalltalk implementations first produced by Digitalk. VSE is now only available as a special patch version...

In this article: OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and Cincom

...as Coders at Work did. Also, if we're going to do languages, I'd like to see a bit broader representation -- perhaps a Volume II with Smalltalk, Ada, Pascal and so on? These books are a potent reminder that computers are mostly a reflection...

In this article: Pascal and Ada

...the whole idea of Smalltalk in new directions As in other object-oriented languages, the central concept in Smalltalk-80 (but not in Smalltalk-72) is that of an object. An object is always an instance of a class. Classes are "blueprints"...

In this article: Cincom Systems, Squeak, VisualWorks, Java, PARC, IBM, Alan Kay, and Seaside

...performance since the beginning of his programming career and has tuned applications in a variety of languages: Cray Assembler, C, Smalltalk, and, since 1996, the Java programming language. He has also worked on building middleware for...

In this article: Java, Cloud computing, Benchmarking, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa University, Florida Power & Light, and Cray

Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:31 PM howardk An article from last year about Smalltalk (a) being ahead of its time (true), (b) a strong influence over modern dynamic languages like Ruby and Python (true, though more so for the former...

In this article: Ruby and Python

...Camp! Joey deVillaaEUR™s Ignite Presentation: Do the Stupidest Thing That Could Possibly Work. Avi Bryant will demo Clamato, a Smalltalk dialect that operates within the JavaScript runtime. Dima Berastau will demo RestfulX, a RESTful...

In this article: Vancouver, JavaScript, Iphone, Microsoft, and Canada