Quote #635
Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual-- not how
to use it but why, when and for what.
-- Alan Kay
Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual-- not how
to use it but why, when and for what.
-- Alan Kay
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language in which the product has been discussed and carried out.
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