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The Decline of Lisp Machines: Why Specialized Hardware Failed

The article critiques the persistent romanticization of Lisp machines, arguing that specialized Lisp hardware was already obsolete by the late 1980s despite ongoing nostalgia. It traces the decline of Symbolics and other Lisp machine companies, suggesting that RISC architecture and market realities, not just technical factors, doomed these specialized system

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