Artifact Details

Title

Making Smalltalk

Catalog Number

102792767

Type

Moving image

Description

Before the Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Python, Java, and Objective-C, there was Smalltalk.

50 years ago this September, Smalltalk, which ultimately revolutionized personal computing, graphical user interfaces, and programming languages, was first created at Xerox PARC in Alan Kay’s Learning Research Group as a way to help children learn by using computers.

Join us for a night with Smalltalk pioneers and 2022 CHM Fellows Adele Goldberg and Daniel Ingalls to celebrate Smalltalk’s 50th anniversary. In an interactive discussion with moderator John Markoff, Goldberg and Ingalls will explore Smalltalk’s original mission in education and its influence on the world of object-oriented programming languages, development environments, and software engineering methodologies. Adding to the conversation will be newly-recorded remarks for this historic occasion from Smalltalk creator Alan Kay.

Date

2022-09-01

Participants

Goldberg, Adele, Speaker
Goldeen, Rachel, Speaker
Horn, Bruce, Speaker
Ingalls, Daniel H., Speaker
Kaehler, Ted, Speaker
Kay, Alan C., Speaker
Krasner, Glenn, Speaker
Markoff, John, Moderator
Robson, David, Moderator

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, CA

Duration

01:17:13

Format

MOV

Category

Talk

Collection Title

CHM Live

Credit

Computer History Museum

Lot Number

2022.0132