Comment on Essays from the funniest man in Microsoft ResearchparentComments−zhemao12yHe's not saying LISP and the Lambda Calculus are useless. He is saying you can't really use LISP if you're implementing the system software on top of which LISP runs.−ANTSANTS12yB-b-but lisp machines! Tagged hardware architectures!−TeMPOraL12yHe specifically mentioned "x86 chips".−rjsw12yThere is also movitz.
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He's not saying LISP and the Lambda Calculus are useless. He is saying you can't really use LISP if you're implementing the system software on top of which LISP runs.
B-b-but lisp machines! Tagged hardware architectures!
He specifically mentioned "x86 chips".
There is also movitz.