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Programming for decades, came along many languages, but Smalltalk is still my favorite, followed by Scheme.

Machines are million+ times faster now, but the way we program is still the same as in the 80's: edit-compile-run-crash. Well, I guess, most of us have to. Some languages have inherited the better parts of those languages, like late binding, garbage collection, VMs, reflection, unit tests and metaclasses etc. (which is good and appreciated), but none has implemented the "integrated" in IDE as consequently as Smalltalk.

 

 

====Recommended Literature:====

<br>Talk from 2009: Not much progress made in 50 years of computing?

 

<br>He had the same complaints 12 years earlier: this is a talk from 1997, where Alan talks about how CS changed (or rather: what he misses) in the past 20 years. Now more than another 2 decades laters, I think what he sayd is still valid.

Have fun... (it's a pity that RC does not allow embedded videos)

<br>Another great talk

 

<br>Showing stuff which has been inside Smalltalk for decades!

<br>Kids and politicians must watch from time [https://youtu.be/prIwpKL57dM?t=475] to understand Corona and other infections.