Adele Goldberg

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Adele Goldberg is an American computer scientist recognized for her significant contributions to object-oriented programming languages. In the 1970s, she was instrumental in the creation of Smalltalk, a language that offered a departure from the procedural languages prevalent at the time. Goldberg joined Xerox PARC in 1973, where she contributed to developing new educational theories and laid groundwork for graphical user interface (GUI) concepts.1

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…at PARC, Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, published a paper in the early 1970s describing a vision of a powerful and portable computer they dubbed the Dynabook. The prototypes of this machine were expensive and resembled sewing machines, but the vision of the two researchers greatly influenced the evolution of…
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…at PARC, Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, published a paper in the early 1970s describing a vision of a powerful and portable computer they dubbed the Dynabook. The prototypes of this machine were expensive and resembled sewing machines, but the vision of the two researchers greatly influenced the evolution of…
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Adele Goldberg is an American computer scientist who made important contributions to object-oriented programming languages. She helped to create Smalltalk in the 1970s, a language that differed from the procedural languages popular at the time. In 1973 Goldberg joined the company Xerox PARC (Palo Alto…
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Adele Goldberg is an American computer scientist who made important contributions to object-oriented programming languages. She helped to create Smalltalk in the 1970s, a language that differed from the procedural languages popular at the time. In 1973 Goldberg joined the company Xerox PARC (Palo Alto…
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