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Smalltalk was first created by researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). The original idea came from Alan Kay and as a result he coined the term, "Object-Oriented Programming". Indeed, in the 1997 OOPSLA keynote (watch video), he announced, "Actually, I made up the term 'object-oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.".
Now, C++, C# and Java are great languages but they just don't give you the chance to work with fine grained objects in the same way that Smalltalk can. Even if you don't intend to use it in your day job, you'll find that learning Dolphin Smalltalk will teach you a lot about the way that objects should really be programmed - in any language.
Object Arts gives you a choice of two Smalltalk products. Choose the free Dolphin Community Edition if you are looking to explore and get started. Make no mistake though, the Community Edition is still powerful enough take you a long way. When you want to move up a step, and need all that Dolphin has to offer, you can purchase our commercial offering; Dolphin Professional.
Now, C++, C# and Java are great languages but they just don't give you the chance to work with fine grained objects in the same way that Smalltalk can. Even if you don't intend to use it in your day job, you'll find that learning Dolphin Smalltalk will teach you a lot about the way that objects should really be programmed - in any language.
Object Arts gives you a choice of two Smalltalk products. Choose the free Dolphin Community Edition if you are looking to explore and get started. Make no mistake though, the Community Edition is still powerful enough take you a long way. When you want to move up a step, and need all that Dolphin has to offer, you can purchase our commercial offering; Dolphin Professional.
The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet
In his 1997 OOPSLA conference keynote, Alan Kay discussed a number of topics, many of which relate to why most modern computer languages produce programs which are too "brittle" and insufficiently scaleable.
Although 12 years ago (at the time of this writing), little has changed and Smalltalk still offers the same benefits over it's pretenders that it did back then. If you have an hour to spare you can watch this keynote speech below. Hopefully, you will find it as inspiring as we did in 1997.
Note: the "Object-Oriented" quote is at about 10m30s.
Although 12 years ago (at the time of this writing), little has changed and Smalltalk still offers the same benefits over it's pretenders that it did back then. If you have an hour to spare you can watch this keynote speech below. Hopefully, you will find it as inspiring as we did in 1997.
Note: the "Object-Oriented" quote is at about 10m30s.