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		timClicks on Jan 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pixie – A small, fast, native Lisp I thought Smalltalk's hayday was early-mid 80s. That would imply 5.25" floppies would still be in use and 3.5" floppies overtaking them circa 1988.

stcredzero on Jan 18, 2017 [–]

I thought Smalltalk's hayday was early-mid 80s.

My involvement with Smalltalk started in the 90's. Then it still had high penetration in the Fortune 500, and it was a niche language for complex financial programs. It was also used in Energy.

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