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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by lispm on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:04PM (#14258403)
> You have to use an editor where "copy" is called "Kill-ring-save" is invoked with "Meta-w"

You are misinformed. I'm using a GNU Emacs (-> Aquamacs) on the Mac and cut/paste/copy are invoked with the usual command keys. But usually I use the LispWorks editor, which is also in the Emacs family, and even there cut/copy/paste is the usual command sequence... Both editors are built with excellent Lisp support. One is written in C + Emacs Lisp and the other one in Common Lisp.

> mindblowingly archaic

You haven't even understood the old part, how would you be able to deal with the futuristic part?

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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by fao_ on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:23PM (#14310872)
> You haven't even understood the old part, how would you be able to deal with the futuristic part?

"You haven't used a PDP-10, how would you be able to deal with a smartphone?"

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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by lispm on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:50PM (#14311589)
He didn't talk about old technology like 'smartphones', which existed as products (Nokia Communicator, ...) 20 years ago, but claimed that much better 'futuristic' IDEs for Lisp are possible, though what he claims may currently only exist in his imagination...
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