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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Lambda World

Topic

smalltalk and live programming

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• If you're tired of hearing about the virtues of Smalltalk (like I was at one point) and ask "if it is so good, why isn't it popular?", then watch @deech's talk (Aditya Siram) - "What FP can learn from SmallTalk" - [VIDEO] I think it …

• I'd also add this talk "Lambda World 2018 - What FP can learn from Smalltalk by Aditya Siram " [VIDEO] as well as the whole series of things that Tudor Girba & co. are doing with Glamorous Toolkit [LINK] I'd still recommend folks use Pharo …

• I am really glad they mentioned Smalltalk! I recently had a chance to experience Smalltalk and it was just mind blowing. Check out a video demo of the code introspection and visualization at minute 17 in [VIDEO]