Smalltalk

smalltalk small talk small-talk Small Talk English Etymology From en small talk; according to Alan Kay (one of its creators):Where did the name Smalltalk come from? Squeak/Smalltalk https://web.archive.org/web/20070103145739/https://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/50 15 December 2006. The name actually appeared before the first Smalltalk design, which was done in 1971. I had mentioned to someone that the "prose" of then current programming languages was lower than a cocktail party conversation, and that great progress would have been made if we could even get to the level of making "smalltalk". It then occured to me that this word was also a great pun for a language aimed at the world of small children. As for hype: Another motive for "smalltalk" was the practice at the time of naming operating, and other, systems (which hardly did anything) after mighty indo-european gods, such as Thor, Zeus, Odin, etc. I figured that if Smalltalk ever did something neat, then people would be pleasantly surprised. Proper noun en programming language An object-oriented, dynamically-typed, reflective programming language. Derived terms en Smalltalker References German Alternative forms de Small Talk Etymology de :bor en:small talk de en small talk. Pronunciation de /ˈsmɔːlˌtɔːk/ /ˈsmɔlˌtoːk/ de De-Smalltalk.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m:n[rare],s,s small talk de Plauderei a conversation involving small talk de Plauderei Usage notes Generally masculine; the neuter is very rare. Declension m:n[rare],s,s Further reading Small_Talk de Talking