Shards of Lost Technology, and the Need for High-Level Architectures.

Published at: 04:08 pm - Monday August 03 2009

The modern high-level-language programmer thinks (if he is of the thinking kind) of low-level system architecture as a stubborn enemy, or, at best, a harsh and indifferent force of nature. Anyone who suggests that everyday desktop apps ought to be written directly in a CPU’s native instruction set is viewed as much the same kind […]

Posted in: Hardware, Hot Air, LispMachine, Memory, MIT, Papers, ShouldersGiants, SoftwareArchaeology, SoftwareSucks by Stanislav 25 Comments

On Mistrusting “The Right People (TM).”

Published at: 07:07 pm - Sunday July 20 2008

“Throughout my life I have known people who were born with silver spoons in their mouths. You know the ones: grew up in a strong community, went to good public or private schools, were able to attend a top undergraduate school like Harvard or Caltech, and then were admitted to the best graduate schools. Their […]

Posted in: Books, Hot Air, Lisp, LispMachine, MIT, Philosophy, SoftwareArchaeology, SoftwareSucks, Symbolics by Stanislav 2 Comments