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Imagine if the computing world would have standardized on Lisp and Smalltalk 40 years ago. If Alan Kay had got microprocessor companies to steal the Xerox micr
by krmboya 4y ago
Imagine if the computing world would have standardized on Lisp and Smalltalk 40 years ago.
If Alan Kay had got microprocessor companies to steal the Xerox microcode design like they got Apple to steal the GUI design, then the genius compiler engineers optimized the the heck out of it all.
I can only shudder at what the supercomputer in my pocket would be capable of.
- mirekrusin 4y agoWe'd be all dead by now courtesy of GAI, at least with java and other abominations our generation is still fine ant'ing our way through feelin' happy fixing shit.
- kaba0 4y agoI think the supercomputer in your pocket would be capable of the exact same things it can now, which are plenty cool as is. Lisps are not the God-languages.
- notriddle 4y agoAlso, the bottleneck that limits pocket computing is mostly HCI. It's really hard to design a good user interface for tiny screens and clumsy input devices. Lisp ain't gonna help with any of that.
- timbit42 4y agoI'd suggest Scheme instead of Lisp.
- mbrodersen 4y agoThe computing world has never standarized on anything. And Lisp/Smalltalk aren’t the magic bullets you seems to think they are.