AutoCAD
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
0warn against
Mar 9, 2026first mention
Aug 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“the technical drawing program AutoCAD for MS-DOS”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Data: autocad.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 5
“i used lisp in AutoCAD in the 00s”
“the technical drawing program AutoCAD for MS-DOS”
“I used to program AutoCAD in AutoLISP”
“I used to do a lot with AutoLisp in AutoCAD back when it ran in DOS.”
“I used to use AutoCAD heavily. I was terrible at it.”