Ben Zanin on Nostr: I wish more people had a chance to learn the use of memory image based programming ...
I wish more people had a chance to learn the use of memory image based programming environments - Smalltalk, Forth, a bunch of the lisp family, some APLs - instead of just file-based ones. Both have virtues and drawbacks, but it's just really nice to know a few of each.
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