[hinkley]

I wonder if Alan Kay would agree or argue with this sentiment, but it seems to me that the choice of 'oriented' was intentional and that we've consistently fucked it up ever since then.

Orientation should have been 'a preference for' not 'a dogmatic adherence to'. A hot-dog based diet still contains bread, ketchup, mustard and pickles, possibly some sort of cheese. A hot dog diet is just hot dogs, which is much, much less interesting, and there is no question that it is unhealthy, whereas the former might have some plausible deniability (especially if you add beans).

[ncmncm]

Alan Kay would doubtless disagree. But he would be as wrong as anybody else.

Preference is silly. The problem dictates its solution. The good programmer listens to the problem.