On 12-02-11 11:43 AM, Chris Cunnington wrote:
> Even if Alan Kay shows up and says he invented Smalltalk for children, from
> what I've read, I'm not buying it.


This sentence reminded me of this email:


http://forum.world.st/Smalltalk-Data-Structures-and-Algorithms-tp113607p113608.html

And the paper he mentions: 
http://www.smalltalk.org/smalltalk/TheEarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk_TOC.html