2 ms·
The C64 was like that. Not Lisp but it booted right into a BASIC REPL. BASIC was the C64's operating system. I still think there is a niche for such a system to
by BjoernKW 10y ago
The C64 was like that. Not Lisp but it booted right into a BASIC REPL. BASIC was the C64's operating system. I still think there is a niche for such a system today (mainly for developing rapidly changing business applications you'd nowadays use Excel for, as well as education).
- clifanatic 10y ago> I still think there is a niche for such a system today In Polish auto repair, if nowhere else: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a23139/commodore-64-repair-shop/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a23139/co...
- jjrh 10y agoJavascript and a browser is essentially that.
- wott 10y agoAlmost all 8-bit computer were like that. I was so glad when I left REPLs and then debuggers and IDEs, to compiled languages and text-editor + command-line compilation and open source-code. I just cannot fathom the trend of the last 5 years where I hear and read people who cannot live without an IDE, a debugger and a REPL. It feels like living in a jail cell for me; a cell I left 20-25 years ago. Incidentally, I just had to install an IDE today, for HDL development. I urgently have to find a way to turn the process into a Makefile or I will throw the computer through the window before the week-end comes.