Alan Kay (1997), "The Computer Revolution hasn't happend yet -- Keynote, OOPSLA 1997"
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Actually I made up the term "object-oriented", and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
— Alan Kay on C++
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About Alan Kay
Alan Curtis Kay (born 17 May 1940) is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design.
About Alan Kay
Alan Curtis Kay (born 17 May 1940) is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design.
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