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What the point of international standards with international cooperation is? Is that the question?

• pfdietz 7y ago
  No, the point of having their own Lisp, not using the US standard. Was it a hedge against Lisp becoming hugely successful and helping their computer industries?
  • lispm 7y ago
    > No, the point of having their own Lisp, not using the US standard Why not develop according to US standards? > Was it a hedge against Lisp becoming hugely successful and helping their computer industries? That was the plan? What went wrong?
  • recoil 7y ago
    Pitman covers this in his article: communication back then between Europe and the US was much more difficult. Sending UUCP emails meant at least a 48hr round trip and so the US committee basically couldn't be bothered cooperating with their European counterparts. The Europeans - at least as Pitman imagines it - got upset and did their own thing