GoKawiilAlan Kay's ACM paper details the origins of Smalltalk at Xerox PARC
Alan Kay, writing for Apple Computer, published 'The Early History of Smalltalk' as part of ACM's HOPL-II conference proceedings in 1993. The paper traces how 1960s ARPA-era research into interactive computing, graphics and simulation languages led to the development of Smalltalk and object-oriented design. Kay describes his vision of a handheld 'Dynabook' and a messaging-based, cell-like model of software architecture as foundations for personal computing.