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Alan Kay on the meaning of "object-oriented programming" (2003)

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-27 Cached

Reproduced emails from Alan Kay in 2003 clarify the original meaning of "object-oriented programming" — centered on messaging, data hiding, and a biological/cell metaphor, with inheritance intentionally omitted initially.

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I'm writing a history of Visual Basic, Chapter 1 is up

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-06 Cached

The author announces the launch of a long-form history of Visual Basic, with Chapter 1 covering the origins of BASIC and the development of VB 1.0.

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