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2:31:36
fittestbits
sorry about the emoji - host: device>top-level-dir>... (without the space between the ":" and "device")
3:06:56
fittestbits
I guess those brain cells died - don't remember that. Didn't even remember using > instead of / - its been a long time ...
3:14:13
p_l
in this case the syntax is more from Genera, but I suspect it might have been there since MIT CADR system 76
3:18:15
p_l
Symbolics first made LM-2, which was AFAIK upgraded CADR that was fully compatible but more reliable, then the software evolved and got ported to 3600, and finally I think around "System version 6" or so it got named "Genera"
3:19:54
fittestbits
Oh, Symbolics, I see. Didn't follow their progress after the 3600. AI and lisp machines got over run by PCs from below and unix workstations from above.
3:25:14
fittestbits
Seemed to me that at that time, PCs were under powered to run lisp with enough performance to compete with programs in C, plus, the people doing AI in lisp didn't have a killer app.
3:32:35
p_l
fittestbits: an application that was credited with repaying (with interest) every cent DARPA ever spent on "AI"
3:43:50
fittestbits
Found some info on DART - interesting application for AI - logistics. I can see how that would be a big deal.
6:00:00
housel
With the fix in the Mezzano PR I just submitted, quicklisp seems to be working (with the addition of some changes to the client that I just pushed to https://github.com/housel/quicklisp-client/tree/mezzano-port)