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"All the right votes but not necessarily in the right order"

Python has cemented its place as one of the most popular programming languages, celebrated for its readability, versatility, and "batteries-included" philosophy. As a Python enthusiast, you’re likely familiar with its multi-paradigm flexibility—supporting object-oriented, functional, and procedural styles—and its robust ecosystem for everything from web development to data science. But what if there’s a language that could challenge your understanding of core programming concepts, even *beyond* Python’s strengths? Enter Smalltalk. Born in the 1970s at Xerox PARC, Smalltalk is a pioneer of object-oriented programming (OOP) and a spiritual ancestor to modern languages like Python, Ruby, and Java. While it never achieved Python’s mainstream popularity, Smalltalk’s "pure" OOP model, innovative tooling, and radical simplicity offer profound insights into programming paradigms. This blog dives into the **conceptual differences** between Smalltalk and Python—beyond the often-cited "message passing" paradigm—to help Python enthusiasts decide if learning Smalltalk is worth their time. We’ll explore OOP purity, metaprogramming, concurrency models, tooling, and more, to show how Smalltalk can expand your programming horizons, even if you never write a line of Smalltalk in production.

Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.

In his speech to this year’s Labour Conference, the Prime Minister spoke of the need to “grow our economy from the grassroots”. He was clear…

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Written version of my latest main-channel video.

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If you've ever been lucky enough to see Dave and Simon in conversation, you know that it's always highly informative and very entertaining. And it's especially exciting whe

As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...

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