Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum
by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @05:11PM
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I know that, but telling everybody who expresses any preference for any system that system X is obviously far superior is really annoying.
Nobody does that. But for certain areas this is true and you should not ignore that.
Grady Booch once at an Eclipse conference:
"For those of you looking at the future of development environments, I encourage you to go back and review some of the Xerox documentation for InterLisp-D."
Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum
by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @06:05PM
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...Well, you do. And so do many other Lispers, for that matter. IIRC, I've been guilty of it myself.
I don't.
Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum
by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @07:13PM
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We all do, to a more or lesser degree. Lispers, in particular, are prone to it. I do it, and I've seen you do it too.
This isn't, by the way, a slight on you. Nor do I dislike you in any way. I do tend to argue with you a lot, but that's because I disagree with you, and I am of the firm belief that you can learn a lot by discussing subjects with people who disagree with you regarding them.
It is perfectly valid to tell the creators of the systems you use that you'd would prefer them to be more like X.