Common Lisp Runtime Redefinition (2002)

Re:Common Lisp Runtime Redefinition (2002) by pjmlp on Saturday July 29, 2017 @06:29AM (#14880511)

You can also do that on Lisp's cousin, Smalltalk. :)

Have you ever delved into Xerox PARC documentation?

Lots of goodies regarding Interlisp-D, Smalltalk and Mesa/Cedar.

Java, .NET and Swift are probably the only modern environments that expose that experience, even if not at the full extent of those environments.

Of course, given the budget, I guess a better option would be to buy a license to one of the surviving Common Lisp commercial environments.

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Re:Common Lisp Runtime Redefinition (2002) by nickpsecurity on Saturday July 29, 2017 @11:07AM (#14881559)

Here's a link for you to give people on Smalltalk hotloading:

https://www.quora.com/What-was-it-like-to-be-at-Xerox-PARC-w...

The impressive part is how Jobs would complain about something in the desktop with Ingalls just changing it on the spot with Smalltalk's rapid prototyping and live update abilities. Key example:

"One of Steve’s ways to feel in control was to object to things that were actually OK, and he did this a few times — but in each case Dan and Larry were able to make the changes to meet the objections on the fly because Smalltalk was not only the most advanced programming language of its time, it was also live at every level, and no change required more than 1/4 second to take effect."

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