Oral History of Adele Goldberg

People loves spanking Smalltalk :) I think that's good because it shows (a) is really different so is a direct hit to the Comfort Zone on many and (b) its significative value is real, otherwise it wouldn't annoy them to the point of talking about it. It seems that a source of anger for some people is that Smalltalk is good enough to get mainstream but it didn't reached really mainstream. Probably due to the strategic mistake of not making it open source right from the start in the 80's. This interview puts some light into what happened, who influenced that decision and why was made: ▶ this video If Smalltalk would have been open sourced in 1980 the world would be different: programming would be more humane and less technologically-self-serving. Now we have the "pleasure" of listening people that tells you "the compiler is your friend" No it's not. Smalltalk rewards the creative spirit. Compilers hits it with a hammer. That's why it's so different (Ref: link) 1984 here we go. (Ref: link)