A ridiculous idea: to recreate the greatest programming environment ever known, as FOSS

[liam_on_linux]

So here's the thought. From things like reading the Unix Hater's Handbook [PDF] and so on, I get this impression that there was a time when Lisp Machines were widely considered by some very smart people to be the ultimate programmer's tool, the best lever for the intellect, as it were

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[liam_on_linux]

Xah "ErgoEmacs" Lee offers this fascinating site... http://www.loper-os.org/ Clearly I have a fair bit more background reading to do!