Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon

2011-09-01 Thread John Zabroski
Kay alan.n...@yahoo.com; Fundamentals of New Computing fonc@vpri.org *Sent:* Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:09 PM *Subject:* Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon Alan, thanks for the detailed history! 1966 was the year I entered grad school (having programmed for 4-5 years, but essentially

Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon

2011-09-01 Thread Alan Kay
...@merlintec.com Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon Has [1] been mentioned yet?  If so, apologies. I think many here are implicitly referencing this when bringing up Oberon. [1] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HeInventedTheTerm On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:25

Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon

2011-08-31 Thread Alan Kay
Subject: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon Alan Kay wrote: I'm glad that he has finally come to appreciate OOP. There are two kinds of people on this list. Those who can tell when Alan is joking and those that can't. :-D Don't know which I am but I can at least say that the OOP that is in Oberon

P.S. Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon

2011-08-31 Thread Alan Kay
From: Eduardo Cavazos wayo.cava...@gmail.com To: fonc@vpri.org Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:54 AM Subject: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon Alan Kay wrote: I'm glad that he has finally come to appreciate OOP. There are two kinds of people on this list. Those who can

Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon

2011-08-31 Thread Jecel Assumpcao Jr.
Alan, thanks for the detailed history! 1966 was the year I entered grad school (having programmed for 4-5 years, but essentially knowing nothing about computer science). Shortly after encounters with and lightning bolts from the sky induced by Sketchpad and Simula, I found the Euler papers

Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon

2011-08-31 Thread Alan Kay
From: Jecel Assumpcao Jr. je...@merlintec.com To: Alan Kay alan.n...@yahoo.com; Fundamentals of New Computing fonc@vpri.org Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [fonc] Re: Ceres and Oberon Alan, thanks for the detailed history! 1966 was the year I entered grad school (having