The very last version of the Symbolics machine wasn't hardware but instead was a virtual machine running on the Alpha processor. So I would say it was a road th

The very last version of the Symbolics machine wasn't hardware but instead was a virtual machine running on the Alpha processor. So I would say it was a road that was taken, though it was not a success (probably bad timing since I agree it was a good idea). http://pt.withy.org/publications/VLM.html http://pt.withy.org/publications/VLM.html