...original design patterns were actually targeted at Smalltalk, with C++ on the side as the...

...Just like any other pure OOP language (Smalltalk, Eiffel, Sather, ...)

This is not Java specific...

...trying to make something like messages in Smalltalk (?), but between threads. Thread can receive anything...

...write in this language. Scheme is fun. Smalltalk is fun. D is fun. C is...

...your rant would be now be about Smalltalk and Eiffel. The two OO languages getting...

In Smalltalk and Eiffel, where everything is an object this tends not to
be a...

...were created thanks to Lisp and Smalltalk.

In Smalltalk's case, the genesis to Java...

Smalltalk is great, specially as operating system.

I used SmalltalkWorks, before Java was concieved.

It...

...the problem with "overly dynamic" languages like Smalltalk (and especially Self) is that it's...

I haven't used Smalltalk, but can't say it looks pretty… But I probably...