Alan Kay interviewed by Joe Armstrong (2016) 23:49 mention of PEGs 31:50 In a ‘real’ Computer Science, the best languages of an era should serve as ’assembly code” for the next generation of expression. 59:43 mathematics is not reality 10050 confusing the-means-to-an-end as an end 10153 - Monads is too much of a kludge [thanks to Rajiv Abraham for pointing me at this video]

Here are my notes for that talk from my Zettelkasten: Codemesh IO 2016 Interview with Joe Armstrong tags: #alan_kay #conference #talk #youtube #joe_armstrong Book: Arthur Koestler - the act of Creation some comments from twitter, mostly regarding his critique of monads: https://twitter.com/briantrice/status/802559025875324928 https://twitter.com/deech/status/802537471514996736 https://twitter.com/deech/status/802530106631716864