Possibly The Only Real Object-oriented

Basic Would Never Have Surfaced Because There Was Always A Language Better Than Basic For That Purpose. That Language Was Joss, Which Predated Basic And Was Beautiful. But Basic Happened To Be On A Ge Timesharing System That Was Done By Dartmouth, And When Ge Decided To Franchise That, It Started Spreading Basic Around Just Because It Was There, Not Because It Had Any Intrinsic Merits Whatsoever.

I Made Up The Term "object-oriented," And I Can Tell You I Did Not Have C++ In Mind.

Any Medium Powerful Enough To Extend Man's Reach Is Powerful Enough To Topple His World.

I Fear - As Far As I Can Tell - That Most Undergraduate Degrees In Computer Science These Days Are Basically Java Vocational Training.

The Tree Of Research Must Be Fed From Time To Time With The Blood Of Bean-counters, For It Is Its Natural Manure.