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> History needs to reevaluate Alan Kay You're being downvoted (as I expect I will be, for agreeing with you), but having lived through the time when people bli
by jerhewet 7y ago
> History needs to reevaluate Alan Kay
You're being downvoted (as I expect I will be, for agreeing with you), but having lived through the time when people blindly worshiped Alan Kay, I could not agree more with this statement.
- t-h-e-chief 7y agoAh. Alan Kay himself said that he feels they got the boundaries/sizing wrong when designing OO, so there really shouldn't be any mention of 'blind worship'. As far as I am aware, Kay has never been caught up in his own hubris.
- mgummelt 7y agosource?
- mpweiher 7y agoBlind worship is always wrong. However, most admiration for Alan Kay's work is by knowledgeable people and for good reasons. Including the committee that decides on Turing awards... I am quite certain that my admiration for the man and his work is not blind. And do note that I described his construction as "brilliant" in my post, despite the fact that he ultimately got that part wrong.