Strongtalk

Strongtalk is a programming language designed to make it easy to write large, reliable software systems. It is based on the Smalltalk programming language, which was created by Alan Kay and Dan Ingalls in the early 1970s. Strongtalk was developed at Xerox PARC in the early 1990s by a team that included David Ungar, Randall Smith, and Scott Wallace. It was designed to address the problems of software complexity and reliability that had become evident in the Smalltalk community. Strongtalk is a statically typed language. This means that every variable and expression has a type that is checked by the compiler. This allows the compiler to generate more efficient code and to catch errors early. Strongtalk also has a sophisticated type system that allows developers to create new types and to extend existing types. This makes it possible to write code that is more expressive and easier to understand. The Strongtalk programming environment includes a virtual machine, a class library, and a set of tools for debugging and profiling programs. The virtual machine is designed to be very efficient, and the class library is large and comprehensive. Strongtalk is a very powerful programming language, but it is also easy to learn. The language has been used to create a wide variety of software, including the popular Web browser Safari.