Ergonomics of the Symbolics Lisp Machine (2012)
&gt; The whole point was to make an individual or a small group very productive and let them manage high complexity.<p>And I think it was very impressive.<p>In contrast, nowadays we seem to get most interest and discussion here for projects that aim make programming more accessible (beginner-friendly, child-friendly, end-user programmable) and&#x2F;or more suitable to large-team and crowd programming (type systems, golang, git, ...)<p>Do we still try—do we even <i>want</i>—to design for individual programmer&#x27;s productivity and mastery of high complexity?