Alan Kay asks, “ What if "data" is a really bad idea?” Rich Hickey responds.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722
(Thread is from 2016; I first saw it much later.)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722
(Thread is from 2016; I first saw it much later.)
My current opinion of Alan Kay’s commenting style is mostly that he’s been thinking about this stuff for decades and still does not have many solid answers, just that he thinks “mimicking biological systems” is a necessary part. That’s a gross oversimplification and not intended as a slight: robust interplanetary-scale communication is a hard problem!