>>3 There have been old systems sitting around for those same decades, and lisp and scheme standards, and lisp and scheme hackers complaining about Unix, who could have re-implemented a Lisp Machine many times over by now, but it seems like after all that time I can count the number who've done it on one hand.
Why is it Torvald's responsibility to make the system you want? He made the system he wants. You can make the system you want.