>Can someone here speak to the notion of a lisp machine in the future? Is there any chance this could happen? Would it be valuable? Yes, of course it would be

>Can someone here speak to the notion of a lisp machine in the future? Is there any chance this could happen? Would it be valuable? Yes, of course it would be highly valuable. The reason of the superiority of a Lisp machine is the following: On a Lisp machine, what you manipulate is not files (text files or binary files), but meaningful information stored as s-expressions that can be directly shared by many applications, instead of being sent (copied) through pipes between processes in separate address spaces. This is where the power of a Lisp machine lies. This, and much more, is masterfully explained in this paper by Robert Strandh: http://metamodular.com/lispos.pdf http://metamodular.com/lispos.pdf Recommended reading!!