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title: "The Self Project - YAPP (Yet Another Programming Paradigm?)"
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author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "The Self project seems like a very ambitious idea. Check out this movie to get a nice overview of some of the things this new programming paradigm attempts to achieve. Am I wrong or is this whole thing based on…"
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# The Self Project - YAPP (Yet Another Programming Paradigm?)

By Roy Osherove December 3, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published December 3, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

The [Self project](http://research.sun.com/self/papers/self-power.html) seems like a very ambitious idea. Check out [this movie](http://www.smalltalk.org.br/movies/) to get a nice overview of some of the things this new programming paradigm attempts to achieve. Am I wrong or is this whole thing based on SmallTalk?

\[via [James Robertson](http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/servlet/TrackbackServlet?entry=3279431672&showComments=true)\]

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