Lisp machines are general-purpose computers designed to efficiently run the Lisp programming language, usually with hardware support, and are considered an example of a high-level-language computer architecture and, in a sense, the first commercial single-user workstations. Though built in modest numbers, they commercially pioneered technologies including the Chaosnet networking system and effective garbage collection, with firms including Symbolics, Lisp Machines Incorporated, Texas Instruments and Xerox selling them through the 1980s.
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SignificanceThough modest in number, Lisp machines commercially pioneered technologies including Chaosnet networking and effective garbage collection 1 Connections
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Symbolics 3600, Systems The Symbolics 3600 is a Lisp machine, introduced in 1983 by Symbolics.
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1. Lisp machine - Wikipedia
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Despite being modest in number (perhaps 7,000 units total as of 1988) Lisp machines commercially pioneered some now-commonplace technologies, including networking innovations such as Chaosnet, and effective garbage collection.
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