Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine demo (2013) [video]
by mark_l_watson on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:10AM
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Thanks for mentioning Pharo Smalltalk, I wanted to widen the conversation also.
I had a Xerox 1108 Lisp Machine from 1982 to about 1986 (did a successful commercial expert system product and used it for technical demos for marketing).
I think that Pharo is the closest thing today to that good old Lisp Machine feeling/experience. An amazing development environment.
Today, I pay for LispWorks Professional that while a great developer experience, is not like a Lisp Machine. I find it easy to get people to pay me to do Lisp development, but not Smalltalk.
I had a Xerox 1108 Lisp Machine from 1982 to about 1986 (did a successful commercial expert system product and used it for technical demos for marketing).
I think that Pharo is the closest thing today to that good old Lisp Machine feeling/experience. An amazing development environment.
Today, I pay for LispWorks Professional that while a great developer experience, is not like a Lisp Machine. I find it easy to get people to pay me to do Lisp development, but not Smalltalk.