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So here's the thought. From things like reading the Unix Hater's Handbook [PDF] and so on, I get this impression that there was a time when Lisp Machines were widely considered by some very smart people to be the ultimate programmer's tool, the best lever for the intellect, as it were.
But they're all dead and gone now.
What I'm wondering is if the Lisp Machine idea could be resurrected on x86 using only Free Software.
There are several components. ISTM that if they could be brought together, they could form the core of a Free LispM OS for COTS x86 boxes.
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But they're all dead and gone now.
What I'm wondering is if the Lisp Machine idea could be resurrected on x86 using only Free Software.
There are several components. ISTM that if they could be brought together, they could form the core of a Free LispM OS for COTS x86 boxes.
( Read more... )
