> Kay’s ideas are definitely interesting, but they can feel pretty vague. I agree on the whole, but I think he followed through this time. He gave pretty a se

> Kay’s ideas are definitely interesting, but they can feel pretty vague. I agree on the whole, but I think he followed through this time. He gave pretty a set of cogent examples that doesn't leave the whole thing coming across as incoherent (like a mystic we're supposed to revere and take their words as some form of high wisdom that would make sense if only we could attain the requisite form of enlightenment). Viz: > I would say that a system that allowed other metathings to be done in the ordinary course of programming (like changing what inheritance means, or what is an instance) is a bad design. (There are two things being communicated here—what sorts of things he means when talking about transgressing the metaboundaries, and a position about whether it's a good idea to do it willy nilly—with his position on the latter being: No. The former seems clear enough and his take on the latter is definitely reasonable and might even qualify as "wise".)