[Fwd: Re: [Webteam] Suggestion+for+Squeak+Website]

[karl]

goran at krampe.se wrote:

>Dear Max and webteam,
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>Jason Rogers <jacaetevha at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>In that "Object-Oriented" was coined by Alan Kay I think it is still
>>fair to say that Smalltalk is the original.  However, if it would
>>improve the read-ability of our home page (by not reigniting deep
>>flames of resentment and/or purism) I wouldn't mind going with
>>'pioneering' instead of 'original'.
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>I am the author of the current first page and yes, I am aware of the
>relationship/history of Simula/Smalltalk etc. Especially since I am from
>Scandinavia. :)
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>The intention was not to belittle Simula (being the first language with
>object oriented ideas). I still would call Smalltalk the first object
>*oriented* language. In fact, AFAIK Simula didn't even use those terms
>when introduced, but more importantly Smalltalk is totally *oriented*
>around objects. Simula is not.
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>But you are right - no need to use a phrase inviting needless discussion
>:). How about:
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>"When Smalltalk was created more than 35 years ago it *defined the term
>object orientation* and is the first language in which *everything is
>built from objects*. Smalltalk is deeply inspired by ideas from
>especially Simula, Sketchpad and Lisp and even today Smalltalk sets the
>bar for object oriented dynamically typed interactive languages and
>environments."
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Say it's strongly typed as well, this allways comes up in the 'type' 
discussions ;-)


>Or variations on the above? We should also make "Simula", "Sketchpad"
>and "Lisp" into proper links.
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Yup
Karl

>regards, Göran
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