Alan Kay

A computer scientist; a pioneer of object-oriented programming.

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7 quotations — all marked as Serious.

  1. Actually, I made up the term “object-oriented”.
    And I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
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  2. If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.
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  3. People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
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  4. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
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  5. Simple things should be simple; complex things should be possible.
    [Referring to software for document editing.]
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  6. Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.
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  7. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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