The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.
Eric S. RaymondToday I am one of the senior technical cadre that makes the Internet work, and a core Linux and open-source developer.
Eric S. RaymondLisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design than most languages of today, twenty-five years later. Lisp freed ITS's hackers to think in unusual and creative ways. It was a major factor in their successes, and remains one of hackerdom's favorite languages.
Eric S. Raymond