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Smalltalk is one of the original Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) languages and came from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in the 1970s. It inspired much of today's graphical user interface design (Steve Jobs was given a demo of Smalltalk at PARC and went on to build the Macintosh) and influenced many of today's programming languages (especially Objective C and Ruby). While not as well-known as many subsequent languages, it has a vibrant community of users who continue to provide leadership in the software industry.