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https://lobste.rs/s/8yohqt/alan_kay_oo_programming#c_5xo7on https://lobste.rs/s/8yohqt/alan_kay_oo_programming#c_5xo7on >> He doesn’t have random opinions abou

by nudq 7y ago

https://lobste.rs/s/8yohqt/alan_kay_oo_programming#c_5xo7on https://lobste.rs/s/8yohqt/alan_kay_oo_programming#c_5xo7on >> He doesn’t have random opinions about “objects”, he invented the word > Kay did not invent the term “object”.

Ovid 7y ago
Alan Kay says he did. "I'm sorry that I long ago coined the term "objects" for this topic because it gets many people to focus on the lesser idea." Source: http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/1998-October/017019.html http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/1998-...
- nudq 7y ago
  > Alan Kay says he did How sad if true! I'm reserving the right to think you misunderstood what he was trying to say there.