Alan Kay is a prolific computer scientist known by many as the “father of personal computers." He's best known for his work on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" rel="noopener noreferrer">object-oriented programming languages</a>, windowing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" rel="noopener noreferrer">graphical user interface design</a> (also known as GUIs) and for leading the team that developed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smalltalk</a>.

Alan Kay is a prolific computer scientist known by many as the “father of personal computers." He's best known for his work on object-oriented programming languages, windowing graphical user interface design (also known as GUIs) and for leading the team that developed Smalltalk.

Pioneers: Alan Kay on the context and catalysts of personal computing

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