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	asdfman123 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Early History of Smalltalk (1993) Why did they name a programming language after a skill most programmers are bad at?
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goatlover 4 days ago [–]

Funny, but it was originally intended for the average person to develop their own software for the upcoming PC revolution. So the language was meant to be small and easy to learn. Something a child could learn to use.

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