this work was pretty thoroughly examined and realized by the resulting company, Thinking Machines. the one part of the story thatI always wanted to hear about

this work was pretty thoroughly examined and realized by the resulting company, Thinking Machines. the one part of the story thatI always wanted to hear about is why CM Lisp turned out to be an ineffective language. The 'thinner'*Lisp was usable for a surprisingly large number of things, but CM Lisp was alot more forward looking and interesting.