The only way you can predict the future is to build it.
ALAN KAYIn computers, every ‘new explosion’ was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
More Alan Kay Quotes
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They don’t like the idea of having different points of view.
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I don’t know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
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A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points
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Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
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Yazılım konusunda iddialı insanlar kendi donanımlarını yapmalılar.
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The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide.
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Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones.
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Lisp isn’t a language, it’s a building material.
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Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation.
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In our society we have hard nerds and soft nerds.
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Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS.
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The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.
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Any medium powerful enough to extend man’s reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors–is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.
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Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.
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