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    "...Alan Kay's current language..." which is...? Commented Feb 1, 2015 at 13:37
  • @Javier: I don't think it has a name, and the name of the system keeps changing. Commented Feb 1, 2015 at 13:38
  • This should be a good answer to point to next time someone lists inheritance as a requirement for OO :) Commented Feb 1, 2015 at 19:01
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    @iceX: Alan Kay founded the Viewpoints Research Institute to work on his ideas. Unfortunately, information is really scattered on the website. Commented Feb 2, 2015 at 6:56
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    Alan Kay quote on OO: "OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. It can be done in Smalltalk and in LISP. There are possibly other systems in which this is possible, but I’m not aware of them." Commented Feb 2, 2015 at 8:30