Daniel Bobrow, Chairman of the Common LISP Object Specification Committee, characterized this lecture as "a snapshot of history in action." After discussing the history of object systems and the current state of the art, he explores the process of developing this new standard.
Date of Video:
October 27, 1987
Color. Sound. Length (min:sec): 53:29.
Copyright Info:
SFO Productions, accessed from Internet Archive
Interesting Clips:
2:14 Outline of talk:
History of Object Systems
Design Criteria
Principal Language Features
Metaobjects
Status
3:24 description of Smalltalk, an Object-Oriented Programming System
7:28 description of LISP. a Procedure-Oriented Programming System
10:25 benefits of a language standard
44:19 overview of the process to develop a standard
50:13 Q&A - relationship between object-oriented and logic-based programming
51:13 Q&A - role of collaboration
"We have to learn in computer science to stand on the shoulders of our predecessors, not their toes.\"
