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Re:Correctness – A paradigm for sustainable software develop... by arduinomancer on Friday April 05, 2019 @04:48PM (#19586881)
>BTW, guess how I found it? Alan Kay's talks.

Are their any specific talks you recommend? I've only been exposed to OOP through Java so I'm curious to hear more about its roots

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Re:Correctness – A paradigm for sustainable software develop... by gambler on Friday April 05, 2019 @05:25PM (#19587194)
Most Alan Kay's presentations I've seen were worth watching. Tons of great ideas in each. They really improved how I reason about systems.

There is this famous talk from OOPSLA 1997:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY

If you want to see what "practical" OOP looked like in the 80s, this is a good video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjJaFG63Hlo

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