Self

programming language
Place programming_language Q1864529

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Inception
1987[14]
Official website
selflanguage.org[16]
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Publication date
1987[15]
Designed by
David Ungar, Randall Smith[8][9]
Influenced by
Smalltalk[2]
Software version identifier
4.4, 4.5.0, "Mandarin" 2017.1, Self 2024.1[10][11][12][13]
Version
4.4, 4.5.0, "Mandarin" 2017.1, Self 2024.1
🏷️ Also known as
en Self ar ذات (لغة برمجة) ar سيلف fa سلف ko 셀프
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/0gd42
Source code repository URL
github.com

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Influenced 11
Developer 3
Named after 3
Instance of 2
Programming paradigm 2
Typing discipline 2
Created notable works 1
Designed by 1
Influenced by 1
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Self is a softwareapplication. It was influenced by Smalltalk..

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Self include Vimeo[21], MeDirect[22], and ilovecreatives[23].

Why It Matters

Self has been cited as an influence by JavaScript[24], a scripting language[25], founded in 1995[26]; ECMAScript[27], a programming language specification[28], founded in 1997[29]; Raku[30], a programming language[31], founded in 2015[32]; Squeak[33], a programming language[34], founded in 1996[35]; Io[36], a programming language[37], founded in 2002[38]; and Factor[39], a programming language[40], founded in 2003[41].

Entities named for Self include Vimeo[21], MeDirect[22], and ilovecreatives[23].

FAQs

Who did Self influence?

Self has been cited as an influence by JavaScript[24], ECMAScript[27], Raku[30], and Squeak[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . blog.selflanguage.org. blog.selflanguage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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