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That language was Joss, which predated Basic and was beautiful.

Alan Kay

Any medium powerful enough to extend man’s reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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Enough Extend Man Medium Powerful Reach Topple World
I knew in the first grade that they were lying to me because I had already been exposed to other points of view.
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Already Behaviour Expose First Grade Point Try View
Lisp isn’t a language, it’s a building material.
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Buil Language Lips Material
People are willing to pay you if you’re any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.
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Anything Else Fabulous People Place Where Will
The computer is simply an instrument whose music is ideas.
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Computer Idea Instrument Music Simply
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
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Bean Blood Countries Manure Must Nature Research Time Tree
So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me.
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Already Amybe Book Grade Lie Read Teacher Time
There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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Along Element Especial Go Laughter Often Science Surprise
Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
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Complex Possible Simple Thing
We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.
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Future Invent IT Predict
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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Best Future Invent Predict Way
The greatest single programming language ever designed
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Design Great Language Program Singer
[Computing] is just a fabulous place for that, because it’s a place where you don’t have to be a Ph.D. or anything else. It’s a place where you can still be an artisan.
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Anything Artisan Computer Else Fabulous Just Place
To get the medium’s magic to work for one’s aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.
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Against Aim Attain Literacy Magic Medium Rather Work
I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn’t been done.
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Approach Done Hate Most People Realize Someone Something Usually
Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones.
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Idea Java Make New Old One Think

That language was Joss, which predated Basic and was beautiful.

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