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Re:Lisp as the Maxwell Equations of Software (2012) by TeMPOraL on Thursday February 12, 2015 @04:34PM (#9041532)
I understand that by "IT industry" you mean the Web, which is the industry's equivalent of a fashion show.

Work clothes, suits and hazmat wear also don't change their design every three months.

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Re:Lisp as the Maxwell Equations of Software (2012) by laichzeit0 on Friday February 13, 2015 @12:58AM (#9043115)
Not redesign, but recycle old ideas. It might change in details, but as far as I've thus far observed, IT operates in cycles. The terminal + mainframe -> the personal computer -> the cloud (personal mainframe) -> ?

Like cycles in economics, climate, fashion, etc.

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Re:Lisp as the Maxwell Equations of Software (2012) by coldtea on Thursday February 12, 2015 @06:03PM (#9041935)
No, I mean the IT industry. I have been following it since the mid-eighties...
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