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Coding Horror: A Visit With Alan Kay
- Isamu 16y ago>Computer scientist Kay was the leader of the group that invented object-oriented programming, the graphical user interface, 3D computer graphics, and ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet Overstating a bit? I don't think PARC had a hand in inventing ARPANET, although Bob Taylor did, who was later a manager at PARC. Likewise inventing the graphical user interface? Maybe you are thinking of Ivan Sutherland, another name associated with ARPANET. Not to diminish the great things achieved at PARC, in the way of modern bitmapped GUI, networked workstations, laser printer, etc.