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This gives me fond memories and actually LispMe turned out to be literally life changing for me. Not that I used that app much, but as I just had gotten a Palm
by _ph_ 4y ago
This gives me fond memories and actually LispMe turned out to be literally life changing for me. Not that I used that app much, but as I just had gotten a Palm Pilot 3, I liked playing with it a bit. But it triggered my interest into finally learning Lisp and Scheme and that had a big influence onto my professional career which turned from the prospect being a Java programmer into a professional Lisper, which I still am today.
In my eyes, the Palm Pilot 3 was a really amazing device. Portable, long run time and with an 8 MHz 68000 processor up to most tasks. A bit a pity, there was not a larger eco system around it and it was basically the last of its kind.
LispMe was very cute, though of course not for larger tasks. Still, as written above, quite life changing :)
- donio 4y agoI messed around with it a bunch too. It was decently usable on devices with a physical keyboard (Treo and the like).
- theonething 4y agoCurious to know what kind of software you write as a professional Lisper if you're willing to share.
- retrac 4y agoIt was not quite so pivotal for me, but it was also my first Lisp and probably made me a more functional programmer :) I spent many long bus rides toying with puzzles and ideas in LispMe, my Palm precariously balanced on my (paper) notebook. Of course I have all sorts of portable computers now. But I have kept my Palm. It still impresses me. There's a certain magic to it. A computer, a general-purpose programmable computer. And it fits in a shirt pocket and runs on AAA batteries. A real wonder of 20th century technology.