20 May
2004
20 May
'04
12:44 p.m.
[quoting order fixed -dM]
OK.. so how do I
see such a machine... I can't figure out how a LISP
machine "works" , or gets programmed. A "Lisp Machine" is a
specialized computer, mostly made in the 80's,
that ran, er, LISP.
:-)
Yes indeed. And in the late '80s and early '90s I had the pleasure of
using some Lisp Machines (from Symbolics). It's a beautiful
environment, if you can get your head around Lisp, with the best
object-oriented programming environment I have had the luck to use
(admittedly, Smalltalk is not among that set, so I can't comment on how
it compares).
Also, one of the Symbolics keyboards was, to me, the best keyboard I
have ever used.
All in all, a nice machine. As I said, I'd love to get it...but.
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Symbolics 3650 (heavy)
I'd love to get a Lisp Machine, but I really can't
justify to
myself either the shipping costs or the space it would take up.