Hi Twisted,
>>>>> "Twisted" == Twisted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Twisted> * The operating system where you can do powerful stuff with a
command
Twisted> line and a script or two, but can also get by without either.
(Windows
Twisted> fails the former. Linux fails the latter.)
Twisted> * For that matter, the operating system whose GUI takes the concept
Twisted> behind OLE to its logical conclusion, and lets the user separately
Twisted> choose and configure their text editing, this-editing,
that-editing,
Twisted> whosit-viewing, and the like components, and those components are
used
Twisted> in building more complex applications. All the alternatives would
of
Twisted> course adhere to a common interface for a particular sort of
Twisted> component, of course. (An OO language like Java lends itself to
this,
Twisted> what with interfaces and inheritance and dynamic
Twisted> class loading!)
Have a look at Genera, the OS of the Lisp Machines. It offers all
that and much more. Unfortunately it is almost non existent
nowadays.
'Andreas
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