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Retain the High Ground in Environments

I think there is a mistake in following an environment path that creates monolithic environments. It should be possible to use a variety of tools in an environment, and it should be possible for those who create new tools to be able to integrate them into the environment.

I believe that it is possible to build a tightly integrated environment that is built on an open architecture in which all tools, including language processors, are protocol-driven. I believe it is possible to create an environment that is multilingual and addresses the software lifecycle problem without imposing a particular software methodology on its users.

Our environments should not discriminate against non-Lisp programmers the way existing environments do. Lisp is not the center of the world.