Re: [fonc] Interview with Alan Kay

2012-11-16 Thread Alan Kay
Hi Jarek This is the editor's hodgepodge of my oral hodgepodge -- and one could argue that the nature of orality mitigates against trying to simply extract quotes, try to fix them, and then print them. I find them pretty much impossible to read. The "Cerf and prizes" part doesn't make sense (

Re: [fonc] Interview with Alan Kay

2012-11-16 Thread Jarek Rzeszótko
Hi, Very interesting, but: "[Digression on who, in addition to Cerf, should have won various computing prizes...]" I guess that's not the best editing job ever, I for one would like to hear the digression, and if they edit it out mentioning it at all is a bit irritating... It would be interestin

[fonc] Interview with Alan Kay

2012-11-16 Thread Eugen Leitl
http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/interview-with-alan-kay/240003442# Interview with Alan Kay By Andrew Binstock, July 10, 2012 The pioneer of object-orientation, co-designer of Smalltalk, and UI luminary opines on programming, browsers, objects, the illusion of patterns, and how So