Dan Weinreb's thesis details the development of ZWEI, a real-time display-oriented editor for the Lisp Machine. It emphasizes ZWEI's design, implementation using Lisp, and integration with the Lisp environment. Key aspects include the use of buffer pointers (bps), intervals, and Lisp macros, as well as the impact of the Lisp Machine's architecture on the editor's functionality.
The December 2024 newsletter from Obsolescence Guaranteed covers updates on new projects such as PiDP-10 and PiDP-1, news about existing projects like PiDP-8 and PiDP-11, and upcoming plans for 2025 including a PiDP-1 replica and an annual programming competition.
Dan Weinreb, a founding member of Symbolics and LMI, refutes Richard Stallman's account of the split between the two companies. He provides his personal perspective on the events, as well as quotes from other participants.
