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Lambda World 2018 - What FP can learn from Smalltalk by Aditya Siram

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Functional programmingTesting, debugging & developer toolsProgramming language design

What it is

Aditya Siram argues that functional programming has much to learn from Smalltalk's interactivity, using Pharo and Squeak to show live, visual, explorable programming environments.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an accessible demonstration of what Smalltalk environments offer and a reference for advanced IDE ideas.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think it is the most accessible explanation of the marvel of Smalltalk”

    Most accessible explanation of Smalltalk's marvel for those who never used it.

    jasim, 2020-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Design Principles Behind Smalltalk (1981)”

  2. “I'd also add this talk”

    Recommended talk alongside Glamorous Toolkit work.

    nsm, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “On Repl-Driven Programming”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: smalltalk, pharo, functional programming, live coding, ide design

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