Well, part of it is that the 15 year old was exceptional -- his name is Steve
Putz, and as with several others of our children programmers -- such as Bruce
Horn, who was the originator of the Mac Finder -- became a very good
professional.
And that Smalltalk (basically Smalltalk-72) was quite approachable for
children. We also had quite a few exceptional 12 year old girls who did
remarkable applications.
Even so, Steve Putz's circuit diagram drawing program was terrific! Especially
the UI he designed and built for it.
Cheers,
Alan
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> From: John Pratt <[email protected]>
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>Subject: [fonc] Smalltalk-75
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>How is it that a 15-year-old could program a schematic diagram drawing
>application in the 1970's? Is there any more information about this?
>
>I think I read that Smalltalk changed afterwards. Isn't this kind of a big
>deal, everyone?
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