Why LispOS?

Chris Bitmead chrisb@Ans.Com.Au
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 00:33:14 +0000


Neil T. Mathison wrote:

> Here are some real stats from for some of the systems
<snip>

Let's face it. Any OS or program will stay up forever as long as
there are no bugs. UNIX kernels are mature enough that they have
few bugs.

On the other hand, C and C++ are incubators for bugs and seg
faults. One would hope that Lisp programs would tend to be more
stable.