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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 2 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.446s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
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pyed ◴[20 Jun 16 18:22 UTC] No.11940015[source]▶
Do we "really" need more programming languages ?
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alankay1 ◴[20 Jun 16 18:24 UTC] No.11940039[source]▶
We could use a few "good ones" (meaning ones that really are about the realities, needs and scales of the 21st century).
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1. anildigital ◴[20 Jun 16 18:25 UTC] No.11940055[source]▶
Could you list top 3 good ones as per your opinion?
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2. alankay1 ◴[20 Jun 16 21:14 UTC] No.11941634[source]▶
I meant, we could "use three good ones", not that I knew of three ...