Cuis: The Modern Smalltalk-80
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#12Peak rank
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Oct 30, 2026First seen
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- 160
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- 19
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- theanonymousone
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
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- cuis.st
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Trending history
Cuis: The Modern Smalltalk-80 was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 51 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #12 of 30, reached on Oct 30, 14:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 30, 16:22 UTC.
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Same VM as Squeak and Pharo so just as fast but a bit lacking in libs but this is an opportunity to contribute to open source for me. Currently using it to build a mostly static website (with Pocketbase & lighttpd). A good experience all round.
What most people do not know is that Smalltalk was originally a childrens' teaching language, a peer of Logo, which (I have learned in previous comments) preceded it. "Smalltalk is a purely object-oriented programming language that was originally created in the 1970s for educational use, specifically for…
I hadn’t heard anything about Smalltalk since seeing it used in version 1.4 of Scratch, so it’s a pleasant surprise to come across it again after all this time.
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Is Cuis: The Modern Smalltalk-80 trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 30, 16:22 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Cuis: The Modern Smalltalk-80 reached?
#12 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 30, 14:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Cuis: The Modern Smalltalk-80 been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (51 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
160 points and 19 comments; submitted by theanonymousone on Oct 27, 2026.