Smalltalk

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dynamically typed programming language integrated development environment object-oriented programming language programming language

Smalltalk is an influential object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language and environment known for pioneering many concepts in modern software development, including graphical user interfaces and integrated development environments.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Smalltalk canonical	28
Smalltalk-80	8
Smalltalk-72	5
Smalltalk programming language	3
Smalltalk-76	3
Dolphin Smalltalk	1
Smalltalk community	1
Smalltalk environment	1
Smalltalk message passing model	1
Smalltalk programming environment	1
Smalltalk programming language family	1
Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice	1
Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment	1
Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T488045 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Smalltalk
Context triple: [ACM Software System Award, notableRecipient, Smalltalk]

A. BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
B. Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
C. UCSD p-System
UCSD p-System is a portable operating system and programming environment based on the Pascal language and p-code virtual machine, widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s across multiple hardware platforms.
D. SETL
SETL is a high-level programming language developed in the late 1960s that is notable for its powerful set-theoretic abstractions and influence on later language design.
E. Modula-2
Modula-2 is a systems programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth that extends Pascal with modules, concurrency features, and low-level facilities for structured, efficient software development.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Smalltalk
Target entity description: Smalltalk is an influential object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language and environment known for pioneering many concepts in modern software development, including graphical user interfaces and integrated development environments.

A. BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
B. Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
C. UCSD p-System
UCSD p-System is a portable operating system and programming environment based on the Pascal language and p-code virtual machine, widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s across multiple hardware platforms.
D. SETL
SETL is a high-level programming language developed in the late 1960s that is notable for its powerful set-theoretic abstractions and influence on later language design.
E. Modula-2
Modula-2 is a systems programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth that extends Pascal with modules, concurrency features, and low-level facilities for structured, efficient software development.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dynamically typed programming language ⓘ integrated development environment ⓘ object-oriented programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ
designedBy	Adele Goldberg ⓘ Alan Kay ⓘ Dan Ingalls ⓘ
developer	Xerox PARC ⓘ
executionModel	virtual machine ⓘ
firstAppeared	1970s ⓘ
hasFeature	automatic garbage collection ⓘ blocks (closures) ⓘ class browser ⓘ dynamic typing ⓘ everything is an object ⓘ graphical user interface ⓘ image-based persistence ⓘ integrated development environment ⓘ live coding ⓘ message sending instead of function calls ⓘ reflection ⓘ
hasSyntax	minimal keyword-based syntax ⓘ
influenced	C# programming language ⓘ surface form: C# Dart ⓘ GemStone/S ⓘ Groovy ⓘ Java ⓘ Lua ⓘ Objective-C ⓘ Squeak programming system ⓘ surface form: Pharo Python ⓘ Ruby ⓘ Scala ⓘ Self ⓘ Squeak programming system ⓘ surface form: Squeak IBM VisualAge family ⓘ surface form: VisualAge Smalltalk
influencedBy	Lisp programming language ⓘ surface form: Lisp Simula ⓘ
license	varies by implementation ⓘ
notableConcept	graphical user interface ⓘ integrated development environment ⓘ live object inspection ⓘ Model-View-Controller ⓘ surface form: model–view–controller (MVC)
notableImplementation	VisualWorks ⓘ surface form: Cincom Smalltalk Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dolphin Smalltalk GNU Smalltalk ⓘ GemStone/S ⓘ IBM VisualAge family ⓘ surface form: IBM VisualAge Smalltalk ObjectStudio ⓘ Pharo Smalltalk ⓘ Squeak programming system ⓘ surface form: Squeak Smalltalk VisualWorks ⓘ surface form: VA Smalltalk VisualWorks ⓘ
notableVersion	Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk-72 Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk-76 Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk-80
paradigm	message-passing ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ reflective programming ⓘ
standardizedAs	Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk-80
supports	concurrency in some implementations ⓘ exception handling ⓘ metaclasses ⓘ multiple inheritance via mixins in some dialects ⓘ
typingDiscipline	dynamic typing ⓘ
usedFor	commercial software development ⓘ education ⓘ research ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ACM Software System Award → notableRecipient → Smalltalk ⓘ

Java → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Ruby → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Dart → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Alan Kay → knownFor → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk programming language

Alan Kay → notableWork → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-72

Alan Kay → notableWork → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-76

Alan Kay → notableWork → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software → usesProgrammingLanguage → Smalltalk ⓘ

Objective-C → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Yukihiro Matsumoto → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Xerox PARC → developed → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk programming language

Smalltalk → notableVersion → Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-72

Smalltalk → notableVersion → Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-76

Smalltalk → notableVersion → Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80

Smalltalk → standardizedAs → Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80

Smalltalk → notableImplementation → Smalltalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dolphin Smalltalk

Simula → influenced → Smalltalk ⓘ

Groovy → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Xerox Star system → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk environment

Alto personal computer → softwareIncluded → Smalltalk ⓘ

subject surface form: Xerox Alto

this entity surface form: Smalltalk programming environment

Lisp programming language → influenced → Smalltalk ⓘ

subject surface form: Lisp

Self → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Strongtalk → programmingLanguage → Smalltalk ⓘ

Strongtalk → basedOn → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80

Squeak programming system → programmingLanguage → Smalltalk ⓘ

Adele Goldberg → knownFor → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk programming language

Adele Goldberg → contributedTo → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-72

Adele Goldberg → contributedTo → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-76

Adele Goldberg → contributedTo → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80

Adele Goldberg → coDeveloperOf → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80

Adele Goldberg → coAuthorOf → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation

Adele Goldberg → coAuthorOf → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment

Adele Goldberg → coAuthorOf → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice

Kent Beck → languageUsed → Smalltalk ⓘ

Richard Helm → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk community

IBM VisualAge family → programmingLanguageSupported → Smalltalk ⓘ

Brad Cox → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

Objective-C runtime → relatedTo → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk message passing model

Ultraísta → hasMusicVideoFor → Smalltalk ⓘ

Matz → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

subject surface form: Yukihiro Matsumoto

Xerox Alto → programmingLanguageUsed → Smalltalk ⓘ

Dan Ingalls → notableWork → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-72

Dan Ingalls → notableWork → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-80

Dan Ingalls → programmingLanguageDesigned → Smalltalk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smalltalk-72

Pharo Smalltalk → inspiredBy → Smalltalk ⓘ

GemStone/S → supportsLanguage → Smalltalk ⓘ

GemStone/S → writtenIn → Smalltalk ⓘ

VisualWorks → programmingLanguage → Smalltalk ⓘ

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