I explained to the previous poster of this video that Edsger and I were friends and he thought exchanges like this were funny. For example, he once said that "Object oriented programming was such a bad idea that it could only have come from California".
This excerpt was extracted from a talk I gave long ago without permission and it is presented without any context, so it seems to be an insult rather than a good-natured poke. It would do everyone a service to remove it.
To Vermilyer
I explained to the previous poster of this video that Edsger and I were friends and he thought exchanges like this were funny. For example, he once said that "Object oriented programming was such a bad idea that it could only have come from California".
This excerpt was extracted from a talk I gave long ago without permission and it is presented without any context, so it seems to be an insult rather than a good-natured poke. It would do everyone a service to remove it.
Alan Kay
alanckay 2 months ago 3