Lisp and electrical telegraph: what they have in common
- Step 1. Lisp — is used in — Expert system. They were written in Lisp.
- Step 2. Expert system — evolved into — Chess computer. Symbolic AI.
- Step 3. Chess computer — is a kind of — Supercomputer. Deep Blue was an IBM supercomputer.
- Step 4. Supercomputer — is used in — Weather forecast. Numerical forecasting.
- Step 5. Weather forecast — uses — Electrical telegraph. Collecting reports by telegraph.