Why we need Lisp machines

Re:Why we need Lisp machines by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday March 26, 2022 @10:39AM (#30812218)

So a perfect use-case for the obligatory XKCD post about "too many standards, invent one more to try to solve the issue => too many standards plus one".

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Re:Why we need Lisp machines by onlyrealcuzzo on Saturday March 26, 2022 @10:48AM (#30812303)

I don't think standards are the problem.

I think a wave of new standards causes issues like the above, and eventually this gets worked out.

Not all "standards" in practice become standard. We learn a lot of "standards" were bad ideas, and they eventually get tossed out and most people forget anyone was ever trying to make that a thing.

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Re:Why we need Lisp machines by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday March 26, 2022 @11:05AM (#30812461)

"Standards" in this case just means "things that I/we developed that we think should be adopted by lots of other people because it's awesome-sauce"

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