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What is smalltalk?
The act of being forced into a meaningless conversation.
"I got smalltalked in an elevator last week. It was horrible"
smalltalk - meme gif
smalltalk - video
Smalltalk - what is it?
Flexible fully object-oriented dynamically typed programming language.
I like programming in Smalltalk.
What does "smalltalk" mean?
One of the most beautiful OO languages ever created. Runs in an image in a virtual machine and so, in some sense, has been running since its inception in the late 70s/early 80s.
Hands-down the most expressive OO language in existence - average internal method size as of 2007: 6.5-ish lines.
Best IDE: Cincom Smalltalk
Transcript show: 'Hello, world!'.
Smalltalk - what does it mean?
Sales pitch of anti-depressant salesmen aimed at this thinking man.
Saleswoman "Did you see big brother last night?"
Homo Sapiens"Groan Don't make with the smalltalk."
Smalltalk - meaning
A completely Object Oriented (OO) language that was created to be as easy as smalltalk (chit-chat). In actuality, it's the programmer's bane, driving otherwise sane individuals, particularly college students who take Smalltalk classes, to bouts of heavy drinking, depression, and in some cases, suicidal tendencies.
Student 1 - "Why oh why do we have to take smalltalk?"
Student 2 (Whilst drinking heavily from a handle of rum) - "Because those fuckers won't bloody well let us take C++ which would actually be practical!"