So OSes designed in the 70s are bad[1] but we'll use a language designed in the 50s because it's good.
Old stuff is bad except when we like it, I guess.
[1] And quite dishonest to lump WinNT in with that...
Old stuff is bad except when we like it, I guess.
[1] And quite dishonest to lump WinNT in with that...
So, yes they suck. Yes superior architectures or languages of the time are worth copying or adopting over the knockoffs created due to hardware deficiencies. This is often even provable where one can look at problems that crop up in technology X caused by design point Y that's prevented by alternative design Z. And one of those alternatives was from 1961. ;)
Lisps have also changed since it was first created. Unlike many languages lisp has evolved tremendously over the years and has benefited from a tons of language research. The lisps we have today are much more than we had in the 60s.