This is a fantastic read for any body in Computing and programming in general. It's also a fun read too, the writing style is good. This page has a lot of typoes on it though, which is a little distracting. This is a must read for any body who thinks they can implement a programming language of their own that will be "better than X". The whole approach Alan took to making Smalltalk is fascinating. [http://gagne.homedns.org/~tgagne/contrib/EarlyHistoryST.html>http://gagne.homedns.org/~tgagne/contrib/EarlyHistoryST.html]