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Alan Kay

Author of Design Principles of Smalltalk; Smalltalk presented as meta-media for dynamic expression across education, discourse, creative arts.

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Papers (1)

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Opening the Hood of a Word Processor
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Communities (2)

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Programming Systems
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Generative Communication
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Smalltalk
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Canonical example throughout paper of dynamic dispatch and late-binding mechanisms that rely centrally on associative lookup; primary motivating language.
Playground
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Proposed unified system combining word processor (PlayWrite), graphics (PlayDraw), and spreadsheet (PlayCalc) as integrated, nestable tools.

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Apple Macintosh Division
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Institution where Kay works; context for WYSIWYG interface innovation.

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