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Re:Why Lisp? by coliveira on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:34PM (#29205756)
Smalltalk is designed around this functionality. In fact the whole Smalltalk system is a live instance that has been modified like that since development started.
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Re:Why Lisp? by wglb on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:51PM (#29205895)
Smalltalk is seriously awesome. I think it has a slight advantage over lisp in its fix-the-airplane-while-it-is-flying-at-3000 feet property.
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Re:Why Lisp? by phyrex on Friday November 12, 2021 @08:06PM (#29206372)
How are the two not exactly the same in that respect?
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