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by abudabi123 1306 days ago

  >  Is there a reason why some well-known Lisp hackers are Japanese?
Perhaps, they trained in the 5th gen computing environment begun in 1982 by Japan's MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry).

  "It aimed to create an "epoch-making computer" with supercomputer-like
   performance and to provide a platform for future developments in 
   artificial intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Generation_Computer_Syst...