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Re:Pixie – A small, fast, native Lisp by beamatronic on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:02PM (#13421817)
Don't forget, even 2 MB was still a somewhat inconvenient size when floppy disks were only at 1.44 MB capacity.
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Re:Pixie – A small, fast, native Lisp by stcredzero on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @06:05PM (#13422359)
Floppy disks were well on their way out, and people were still complaining about a 2 MB footprint.
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Re:Pixie – A small, fast, native Lisp by timClicks on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @01:28AM (#13424504)
I thought Smalltalk's hayday was early-mid 80s. That would imply 5.25" floppies would still be in use and 3.5" floppies overtaking them circa 1988.
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Re:Pixie – A small, fast, native Lisp by stcredzero on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @02:06PM (#13429285)
I thought Smalltalk's hayday was early-mid 80s.

My involvement with Smalltalk started in the 90's. Then it still had high penetration in the Fortune 500, and it was a niche language for complex financial programs. It was also used in Energy.

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