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I work at a company that's been using Lisp since the 80s, and we have an old Lisp machine serving as a coffee table/conversation piece in our entry area :)
by _bxg1 8y ago
I work at a company that's been using Lisp since the 80s, and we have an old Lisp machine serving as a coffee table/conversation piece in our entry area :)
- gumby 8y agoHeh, I got Doug to switch from D-machines to MIT-style (and those symbolics machines, as it happens) back in, what, 85 or 86. I'd been using Interlisp at PARC as well of course CADRs and Symbolics machines at various places including MIT, and was somewhat opinionated on the topic. The symbolics service office was across the hall from me so I got extremely fast service when needed (I had two in my office, one with, gasp a color screen).
- tombert 8y agoIf you're in the NYC area I'd like to see that; for that matter, I'd like to see any company that's been using Lisp since the 80's...clearly their engineers have good taste.
- brundolf 8y agoAlas, we're in Austin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc). I just checked and the exact machine is a Symbolics 3630.
- aidenn0 8y agowhoa! Cyc is still around? As in Lenat's ontology of everything project?
- _bxg1 8y agoYep! :)
- bitwize 8y agoIt managed to cling to life by converting into a counterterrorism project and allowing itself to be funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
- brundolf 8y agoI think it's been over a decade since we've done work for the government, but yeah, one does find a disproportionate amount of terrorism-related facts popping up when combing the knowledge base, sometimes yielding comedic results when Cyc is asked very open-ended questions.
- gumby 8y agoDoes Cyc still claim that the reason for going to the dentist was to have DazzlinglyWhiteTeeth?