How does Python make thinking in code easier?
[This question was asked at Quora and Louis Cyphre wrote a great answer. Published with permission.] The conventional answer is that Python has a clean, concise, readable syntax that gets out of your...
View ArticleIs Smalltalk a weird cause to fight for?
This question occupied my mind last night as I slept. I came to the conclusion that it’s not weird at all. Why is it any more weird than, say, the following causes: environmental causes, like climate...
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How can we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Smalltalk?
The 50th anniversary of Smalltalk is coming up in 2022. What can we do to celebrate this momentous occasion? Smalltalk is still one of the greatest programming languages ever invented. It keeps...
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Why Smalltalk is so easy to evangelize
Of all the programming languages in the world, Smalltalk is, by far, the easiest one to evangelize. Why is that? First, Smalltalk has a wonderful historical legacy. It has contributed an enormous...
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How is Smalltalk’s revival like the e-car’s revival?
It’s not a riddle. I’ll give you the answer. There are several interesting parallels between the evolution of the electric car and the evolution of Smalltalk. Let’s look at e-cars first. E-cars were...
View ArticleInterview with a Smalltalk Evangelist
[This is an imaginary interview conducted by an imaginary IT magazine called Technophobe. It was done in January of 2020.] Richard Kenneth Eng is a Smalltalk evangelist who’s been blogging about...
View ArticleDo you like the idea of Camp Smalltalk Supreme and do you support it?
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View ArticleJRMPC 2020 Awards Ceremony
The awards ceremony for The James Robertson Memorial Programming Competition has just been published. Read all about it here: https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/05/30/jrmpc-2020-awards-ceremony/. In...
View ArticleAnnouncing Camp Smalltalk Supreme
I have the green light to proceed with Camp Smalltalk Supreme, the 2022 50th anniversary edition of Camp Smalltalk. It’s scheduled for June 10-12, 2022 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. I’ve...
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