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Bitwise magazine plugs Smalltalk (Dolphin, to be specific) in this article - I like this part:
In some respects, all those modern OOP programming languages (C++, Java, C#, Delphi et al) still haven’t yet caught up with the innovations made by Smalltalk over quarter of a century ago. Some of them (such as C++ and Delphi for Win32) are hybrid procedural/OOP languages. And even ‘pure’ OOP languages such as Java and C# are still not quite as pure as Smalltalk. Besides, Smalltalk has a few neat tricks (the ability to select and execute any arbitrary piece of code is one of my favourites) that those copycat languages lack.
“I invented the term 'object-oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind" :: Alan Kay
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