Alan Kay (2008) Alan Curtis Kay (born 17 May 1940) is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design. Quotes[edit] 1970s[edit] The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay (1971) at a 1971 meeting of PARC Similar remarks are attributed to Peter Drucker and Dandridge M. Cole. Cf. Dennis G
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