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Outside the issue of OOP, Alan Kay has always been an icon to me, since I moved to Solana Beach CA in the early '80s soon after the establishment of Kaypro comp
by johnea 1y ago
Outside the issue of OOP, Alan Kay has always been an icon to me, since I moved to Solana Beach CA in the early '80s soon after the establishment of Kaypro computers in that city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaypro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaypro
- EgoIncarnate 1y agoAccording to the Wikipedia page, Kaypro was created by Andrew Kay, not Alan Kay. Interestingly both had a relationship to a NLS in there lives. For Andrew, it was Non-Linear Systems, where Andrew invented the digital voltmeter. For Alan, it was oN-Line System, where he attended "The Mother of All Demos", which spawned the mouse and some other inventions used in the Xerox Alto, which is where Smalltalk was primarily developed initially.
- johnea 1y agoThank you for the correction! On re-reading, I realize the name I thought I was remembering is "Andy" Kay, not Alan Kay. I guess I was victim to "close but no cigar". To quote Emily Latella: Never Mind...