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Jun 28, 2019 at 15:44
Really cute introduction to Smalltalk programming from 1983. It starts with an explanation of mice and "scroll menus" (scroll bars), then shows cross-referencing code, lints, autofixes, and inspecting instances of newly defined objects! https://youtu.be/JLPiMl8XUKU

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