The Early History of Smalltalk

The early history of Smalltalk, a programming language developed in the 1970s, is discussed on a webpage by Bret Victor, who was a member of the Xerox PARC team that developed the language. The team aimed to create a language that could be used for both personal and shared use, and they developed a unique user interface that allowed users to manipulate objects directly. The language was first implemented on a Xerox Alto computer and was later ported to other systems. Smalltalk's influence can be seen in modern programming languages such as Java and Python.