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When those IDEs are able to achieve what was possible in Xerox PARC workstations, as demoed occasionally by Bret Victor, then we can talk about moving forward.

PDP-11 command line experience is not even there.




> PDP-11 command line experience is not even there.

Are you saying the modern unix command line is not as good/better than the "PDP-11 command line experience"?

Also, which PDP-11 command line? RSTS? RT11? Unix? or maybe that awesome front panel where you had to manually input your boot loader in binary every time you started the machine?


> Are you saying the modern unix command line is not as good/better than the "PDP-11 command line experience"?

No, I am saying that it isn't even close to the Xerox PARC REPL experience from Interlisp-D, Mesa/Cedar and Smalltalk environments.

> Also, which PDP-11 command line? RSTS? RT11? Unix? or maybe that awesome front panel where you had to manually input your boot loader in binary every time you started the machine?

The VT-100 interface some people seem to keep living on.




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