Programming languages
Smalltalk
Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language underpinning the 'new world' of computing exemplified by 'human–computer symbiosis.' It was designed and created in part for educational use, more so for constructionist learning, at the Learning Research Group (LRG) of Xerox PARC.
- Created by
- Alan Kay , Dan Ingalls , Adele Goldberg
- First appeared
- 1972
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Hello, World!
Transcript show: 'Hello, World!'; cr.Keep learning
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