Here’s a convincing theory on the success or failure of programming languages. Statistical data seems to indicate that there is a correlation between market adoption and the beards of the inventors. See Computer Languages and Facial Hair.
Tag: Kay
From DynaBook 1972 to XO 2008
Alan Kay’s paper “A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages” from 1972 has just been mentioned in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) news forum: “I just came across this amazingly insightful paper by genius Alan Kay detailing his vision of the ‘DynaBook’ something that took more than 30 years to finally becoming a reality in the form of the XO.”