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Re:Alan Kay on Messaging (1998) by xenophonf on Monday May 04, 2015 @06:57AM (#9485383)
> most wanted a practical language they could "get a job" with

This was me in college. Especially early on, I kept hounding my professors why they weren't teaching a particular language (e.g., C++) or toolchain (Visual Studio). It wasn't until well after I graduated that I appreciated the distinction between using tools and making tools---and that my professors taught me the latter.

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