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		igouy on Jan 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Decline of the Xerox PARC Philosophy at Apple ... >> … but it didn't succeed because … << By what definition of success? From 80's through '90s Smalltalk was used commercially in finance and manufacturing and … on large scale projects.

mahyarm on Jan 31, 2015 [–]

Well yes there were commercial implementations, but people bemoan smalltalk 'dying'. Compared to C++, C or even Java for example.

igouy on Feb 10, 2015 | [–]

Presumably because they now have to use C++, C or even Java.

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