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Alan Kay

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

Alan Kay

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Alan Kay means that a computer can function both as a physical device performing tasks and as a flexible tool that users can program and modify. This dual ability allows people to control and adapt computers in many different ways depending on their needs.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

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