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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> On 05/11/2010 05:18 PM, Warp wrote:
> > Invisible<voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> >> As I understand it, originally almost /everything/ was written in
> >> machine code, by hand. Compared to that, C is a very, very high-level
> >> language.
> >
> > Well, C was invented in 1972, while LISP was invented in 1958, and the
> > latter is considered a very high-level language even today.
>
> Yeah. Maybe it's just because Lisp's abstractions are further removed
> from the hardware.
>
> Oh, wait. Lisp Machines.
only a reality in the early 80's...
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