Re: Beyond CL?

"fireblade" <BLASESKI@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Cool , but could someone explain to me 49:
> # Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden:
> Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP
> machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf.

Why do you think LISP Machines were so popular?

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