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From: craig@unicus.UUCP (Craig D. Hubley)
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Subject: Origin of "Smalltalk" - another theory
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Date: Wed, 3-Jun-87 17:34:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  3 17:34:31 1987
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Yet another theory on the origin of the name "Smalltalk":

Object-oriented programming is based on the concept of modular,
self-contained packages of code and data that are usually SMALL
(at least in comparison to their monolithic 'structured' counterparts)
and communicate via TALK (messages 'between equals' as opposed to
a hierarchy of calling routines).

This occured to me shortly after reading the Byte Smalltalk issue in 1981.
I would actually be surprised if it turns out the name has another origin.
This one seems very natural and captures a couple of the obvious differences
between structured and object-oriented programming.

Any of the original designers care to comment?