Subject: Re: Anyone remembers LISPOS?
From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net>
Date: 2000/08/14
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <3175268082739765@naggum.net>

* Martin Cracauer
| I think the real reason why LispOS as such did not went anywhere is
| that Lisp and Lispers are about doing *new* things.  Plainly
| reimplementing something that already exists does not attrack most
| capable Lisp hackers.

  Well, I disagree.  If you can do something right that has been done
  wrong umpteen times before, you will find few programmers more
  willing to seize the opportunity do it right than Lisp programmers.
  I think that's why designing a LispOS has an appeal to begin with.

#:Erik
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