Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!gatech!mcnc!uvaarpa!babbage!mac3n From: mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: lisp operating systems Message-ID: <437@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> Date: 6 Dec 88 14:11:34 GMT References: <842@nih-csl.UUCP> <10475@swan.ulowell.edu> <29084@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Distribution: na Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 8 Lisp operating systems have this in common with Smalltalk operating systems. "The operating system does those things that can't be done by the programmer. There shouldn't be one." -- A. Kay, I think. What you see instead is a bunch of packages with hooks (sounds painful!).