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Alan Kay: Is Computer Science an Oxymoron? (windley.com)
6 points by andreyf on Sept 25, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Alan Kay... I saw him speak in college and I had to spend a semester working in Squeak.

I have a love/hate relationship with him. He's a great speaker, got some awesome quotes, but... every speech he gives revolves around the same concepts and he ALWAYS uses the example of drawing a car, drawing a steering wheel, and connecting them. Sure it's a good example but I mean, doing it for 10+ years as the example of the power of Squeak?




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