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I have fond memories of Allen's book Anatomy of Lisp. I guess there are only historical reasons to read it now, but at the time it felt like an introduction to
by abecedarius 4y ago
I have fond memories of Allen's book Anatomy of Lisp. I guess there are only historical reasons to read it now, but at the time it felt like an introduction to wizardry.
- rbanffy 4y agoHistorical reasons for reading are always good. We gain much insight from time travel and, until we invent actual time machines so we can get our IBM 5100's and go ourselves to Woodstock, books are the next best thing.
- coreload 4y agoI have IBM 5100 nostalgia. I wrote a lot of software for that 40 years ago. Speaking of Lisp Machines, the 5100 was basically an APL machine: BASIC and APL in microcode.
- rbanffy 4y agoIt's a pretty computer. I'd love if we did replicas of it the way a company did with the C64 maxi. Would also make the lives of time travelers much easier.