I don't think the quote was meant to be taken literally. You are missing the point if you are. It should be obvious by now that OOP is a programming method tha

I don't think the quote was meant to be taken literally. You are missing the point if you are. It should be obvious by now that OOP is a programming method that is possible in any programming language, and it is easier in some and harder in others. There is no language that exists where you can't force out non-OOP code, and you can always build your own OOP framework, even in C or assembly. A more productive use of the quote would be to compare the design of small talk and lisp vs say java and c++, and think about why someone as brilliant as Alan Kay should consider that it is not easy to write OOP code in java or c++.