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>any system that relies on information that was typed into a REPL three-months ago and is now only stored in the binary state of that REPL and nowhere else is totally insane as a production product.

Nobody does that.



Yes, I am confused where people get that idea. 30 years ago in irc maybe?

(not dissing on irc: i was one of these people 30 years ago)


I could very well be unlucky, and my experience is mostly with academics (not much industry usage of CL anymore).

But if I had a nickel for everytime I got emailed a core file I would not have had to be working in academia.




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