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> With lisp machines, we can cut out the complicated multi-language, multi library mess from the stack

This seems like the kind of goal that's only palatable to a very few people nowadays. Specifically, the people who want to use that language, toolchain, and libraries, and nothing else.

These days, I don't think that that's ever going to allow for enough of a community to support more than a relatively self-contained hobbyist scene. Which there's absolutely nothing wrong with that; personally I wish there were more compelling tinkering-oriented platforms; I'm a little meh on Unix too. But the article seems to be advocating rather loftier ambitions.