Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum

Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @05:11PM (#12704066)

I know that, but telling everybody who expresses any preference for any system that system X is obviously far superior is really annoying.

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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum by lispm on Thursday October 13, 2016 @05:19PM (#12704124)

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."

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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @06:05PM (#12704469)

...Well, you do. And so do many other Lispers, for that matter. IIRC, I've been guilty of it myself.

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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum by lispm on Thursday October 13, 2016 @06:25PM (#12704624)

I don't.

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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @07:13PM (#12704959)

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.

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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum by kirghiz on Monday October 17, 2016 @08:31AM (#12724427)

Repeatedly telling someone that they are annoying is in itself quite annoying.

Any examples of your own lisp systems?

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