On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 at 16:48, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
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> /A/ problem with this is that it /can/ lead to a rather toxic final conclusion...

OK, conceded. :-)

>  And even the classic example of the Learning Research Group/Systems Concept Group at PARC going blue plane and producing Smalltalk is a bit of a myth.

I do not understand "going blue plane". What does that mean?

>  Smalltalk-72 was written in BASIC.

Good heavens, really? :-) How wonderful! Do you have any more info?

‘74 evolved into ‘76 evolved into ‘80.  The hardware evolved from the
Alto to the Dorado.

> So this whole idea that the only way one gets to the future is by making giant leaps is, frankly, baloney.

Hmmm. That is not what I was getting at. I developed this theme at
some length in my _previous_ FOSDEM talk:
https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/69099.html

You might find it interesting. I would be interested in any comments.

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