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Smalltalk is a purely object-oriented programming language that was originally created in the 1970s for educational use, specifically for constructionist learning, but later found use in business. It was created at Xerox PARC by Learning Research Group (LRG) scientists, including Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, Adele Goldberg, Ted Kaehler, Diana Merry, and Scott…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smalltalk | Designed by | Adele Goldberg, Dan Ingalls, Alan Kay | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | Developer | Peter Deutsch, Adele Goldberg, Dan Ingalls, Ted Kaehler, Alan Kay, Diana Merry, Scott Wallace and Xerox PARC | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | First appeared | 1972; 54 years ago (1972) (development begun 1969)[citation needed] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | Implementation language | Smalltalk | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | OS | cross-platform (multi-platform) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | Paradigm | object-oriented | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | Platform | Xerox Alto (74181) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | Scope | lexical (static) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | Stable release | Smalltalk-80 version 2 / 1980; 46 years ago (1980) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | Typing discipline | objects, but in some implementations, strong or dynamic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Smalltalk | is a | purely object-oriented programming language that was originally created in the 1970s for educational use | 0.90 | text |
| Smalltalk | is a | free software implementation of a derivative of Smalltalk-80 from the GNU project | 0.90 | text |
| Smalltalk | is a | fork of Squeak oriented toward research and use in commercial environments.As of 2016 | 0.90 | text |
| Smalltalk | is a | structurally reflective system which structure is defined by Smalltalk-80 objects | 0.90 | text |
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