On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:06:12AM +0200, Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de wrote:
> One of the things which convinced me that IT is very irrational is
> that Lisp machines and Forth machines are either extinct, or have retreated
> into very deep niches, having become very invisible.</lament>
I disagree.
In presence of intellectual property, this attitude is _very_ rational.
http://fare.tunes.org/patents.html#dead
When the laws are iniquitous,
it becomes rational to behave in ways detrimental to everyone.
[ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ]
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"Lisp is a programmable programming language." -- John Foderaro
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