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Why Smalltalk?

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 38 , Issue 10 (October 1995) table of contents
Special issue on object-oriented experiences and future trends

Pages: 105 - 107

Year of Publication: 1995

ISSN:0001-0782

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Adele Goldberg

Chair and founder of ParcPlace Systems, Inc, Sunnyvale Calif.

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Smalltalk is a single paradigm language with very simple semantics and syntax for specifying elements of a system and for describing system dynamics [1]. When the language is used to describe an application system, the developer extends Smalltalk, creating a domain-specific language by adding a new vocabulary of language elements while maintaining the same semantics and syntax. Using most Smalltalk systems, it is easy to invent one's own development environment through inclusion of new system parts in the library and extension of the development tools. Moreover, it is possible to make changes to the environment, and to applications written using the environment, while the system is executing. These system characteristics create a flexible and enjoyable software development experience.

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	1	Adele Goldberg , David Robson, Smalltalk-80: the language and its implementation, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1983
	2	Alan C. Kay, The early history of Smalltalk, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v.28 n.3, p.69-95, March 1993
	3	Glenn E. Krasner , Stephen T. Pope, A cookbook for using the model-view controller user interface paradigm in Smalltalk-80, Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, v.1 n.3, p.26-49, Aug./Sept. 1988