Our Manifesto (Please Read)
Pierpaolo Bernardi
bernardp@cli.di.unipi.it
Wed, 7 May 1997 16:40:39 +0200 (MET DST)
> The LispOS Project Manifesto
> Our Goal
...
> Furthermore
> this operating system will be capable of running binaries
> of other popular platforms such as WindowsNT/95
This has not been agreed upon.
> Why a Lisp Operating System?
>
> The operating systems in existence today are woefully inadequate.
> From Microsoft Windows, to Unix, these systems are both
> inefficient to use for program development, and are oriented at
As Martin Cracauer has already pointed out, the Manifesto is not the
place for Microsoft bashing
> How we Intend to Achieve Our Goals
>
> We will start small and work our way up. Currently there are
> 2 branches of work. One is on a Lisp Virtual Machine, for the
> efficient execution of Lisp (and possibly other dynamic languages).
> This virtual machine will use a portable byte code format, and
^^^^^^^^^
This has not been agreed upon, and I would object to this.
Cheers,
Pierpaolo Bernardi.