[f1shy]

Not so recent, about 6 years ago, I had to communicate with many instruments (PS, Oscilloscope, SMU, etc) to test a new ASIC we developed. There where hundreds of tests to be done. We wanted to automate the measurement and evaluation of results, because they were so many. Also there where 5 fabs and 2 suppliers with different design, but “pin compatible”. I did the whole framework in emacs lisp, I had to implement ONC RPC and LXI on top to speak to the instruments… The whole thing took me 2 weeks. At the time I had no idea of Elisp; only a little vit of scheme. I was proficient in C, and I would say it had taken me at least 6 Months to do the same