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What We Lost in the Fire

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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WHAT WE LOST IN THE FIRE

HOW WE COMPLETELY MISSED SMALLTALK'S POINT
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LEGENDARY SMALLTALK

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1971

THE BET: "SIMULA IN A PAGE OF CODE"
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1972

A WORKING LANGUAGE
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1976

INHERITANCE, MODERN SEMANTICS, THE ENVIRONMENT
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1980

METACLASSES: EVERYTHING REALLY IS AN OBJECT
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FANS

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THE EIGHTIES

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THE NINETIES

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SO, SMALLTALK.

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THE TOOL

TO BUILD THE APPS OF TOMORROW, TODAY
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MAKE THEIR OWN HARDWARE

PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT SOFTWARE SHOULD
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SO THEY DID.

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MAKE THEIR OWN TOOLS

PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT LANGUAGES SHOULD
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AND THEY DID.

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INTEGRATED

DEEPLY
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SMALLTALK WENT BEYOND THE

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and THIRTY-THREE YEARS LATER...

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2013

LANGUAGES ON THE LEFT, SOFTWARE ON THE RIGHT
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OBJECT-ORIENTATION:

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YADDA YADDA YADDA

INHERITANCE
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TEXT FILES

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data

FINE-GRAINED AND everywhere
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@SCALE

from collaboration to crowd-funding
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REAL-TIME

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BAYES

machine learning, not if statements
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SOFTWARE IS EATING THE WORLD

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WHILE LANGUAGES CIRCLE THE DRAIN

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IN 1976

THE DEV ENVIRONMENT REFLECTed THE APPS they BUILt
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LOOKED LIKE EACH OTHER

SMALLTALK AND ITS APPS
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IN 2013

THE DEV ENVIRONMENT REFLECTS THE pdp-11 AESTHETIC
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DOESN'T LINE UP

SOMETHING
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We stopped laying track

we didn't reach our destination
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The LEGACY Effect

We use Ruby for the same reason we use COBOL
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Let's Rebuild

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WE MUST SEEK WHAT THEY SOUGHT

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Action Plan

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JUST WALK AWAY

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(A SMUG MUG)

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The Software Aesthetic

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Interview Question

My all-singing, all-dancing
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Big Data, 1980

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Big Data, 2013

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Programming, 1976

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Programming, 2013

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Project Management, 1976

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Project Management, 2013

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DECISIONS, 1980

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Decisions, 2013

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May I suggest?

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CRUSH ALL HU-MANS!

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"THE FIRST WEB-SCALE TOOL GOOD ENOUGH TO CRITICIZE"

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"Lipstick on a pig."

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Billions and Billions Served

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"God fights on the side with the most cannons."

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Office 2013, Disruptive Edition

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YOU CAN't Change the world

Playing "Baggage Hangler"
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Discriminate in Favour of Youth

(Yeah, I said that, and I put it in writing)
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Hurry.

SOMEONE WANTS TO SELL HER Objective C
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My final thought

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"What would Reg do?"

Ask yourself,
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THEN CONFIDENTLY GO the other way.

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