People are willing to pay you if you’re any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.
ALAN KAYSun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language.
More Alan Kay Quotes
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A computer scientist is a machine for converting coffee into urine.
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They don’t like the idea of having different points of view.
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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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There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place.
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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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Much of the debugging has to be done by others.
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Any medium powerful enough to extend man’s reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in – the one that we think is reality.
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The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.
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Humans are communications junkies. We just can’t get enough.
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If we value the lifelong learning of arts and letters as a springboard for personal and societal growth, should any less effort be spent to make computing a part of our lives?
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As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
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Yazılım konusunda iddialı insanlar kendi donanımlarını yapmalılar.
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Lisp isn’t a language, it’s a building material.
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