dvorak@im4u.UUCP (Dan Dvorak) (10/14/87)
Has anyone out there written a comparison of the execution environment
of a Lisp machine (typified by Symbolics) to that of, say, a UNIX system?
I understand the UNIX model fairly well and am learning Symbolics
Genera 7, but there are some fundamental differences with UNIX, such as:
-- all processes on a Lisp machine run in the SAME virtual address space;
-- the flavors/objects style of programming (versus multiple processes).
Is there a paper or notes that list all the main differences?
That would help me to more quickly form the correct mental model.
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