Really it is a shame that lots of people on tech have never hear of Smalltak. It is in my humble opinion the most influential language ever created. Ask anyone who played with Smalltak in the 80's and they will say the same: "I never ever will have the sensation of power and confidence that Smalltak provided".
I think “most influential” is debatable. In the space of OO languages that found widespread adoption, more seem to be influenced by the Simula-C++ lineage (notwithstanding counterexamples like Objective-C and Ruby).
