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		Hexstream on Jan 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Language Oriented Programming: The Next Programmin... I'm not sure if you're joking. It has always been the case that you could run Lisp on stock hardware. Lisp machines were just an optimization for back in the day when hardware was slow and Lisp compilation techniques weren't well-known.

GeoJawDguJin on Jan 28, 2009 [–]

I didn't bring up Lisp machines. I'd like to see a Lisp OS of some kind, though.

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