Every time I delve into Xerox PARC documentation about Smalltalk,Interlisp-D and Mesa/Cedar, it saddens me that it was AT&T culture that got widespread into the industry, not Xerox's.
Wow, you should make an HN submission out of that talk in its own right. Would be perfect for this weekend.
I followed up your idea.
Yeah, you could see that one coming a mile away...