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The flip side of the coin was that even good programmers and language designers tended to do terrible extensions when they were in the heat of programming, because design is something that is best done slowly and carefully.
— Alan Kay
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The flip side of the coin was that even good programmers and language designers tended to do terrible extensions when they were in the heat of programming, because design is something that is best done slowly and carefully." in the context of "ACM Queue A Conversation with Alan Kay Vol. 2, No. 9 - Dec/Jan 2004-2005" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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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