[Self-interest] UK Smalltalk User Group Meeting - Wednesday 24 November

[David Ungar]

Thank you so much, Jecel, for – as always —understanding so well and explaining so well.

- David

> On Nov 16, 2021, at 12:26 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr <jecel at merlintec.com> wrote:
> 
> Hernan Wilkinson wrote on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:04:06 -0300
>> 
>> ???
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 3:21 PM David Ungar wrote:
>> 
>> I followed the link http://objective.st/ and read: "Objective-S
>> is the first general purpose programming language." Were
>> the others chopped liver?
> 
> Hernan's question isn't very clear, but supposing he is confused by the
> "chopped liver" comment that is a humorous expression of indignation
> when someone else seems to have forgotten them or their contributions.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopped_liver
> 
> My guess is that there is something missing in "first general purpose
> programming language" which would narrow it down. For example, you could
> call APL "the first general purpose array based programming language".
> 
> -- Jecel
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