LISP From Nothing

Nils M Holm

• 14 oktober 2020
• 9781716508837

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What is the minimal LISP language that can interpret itself?What is the smallest LISP that can compile itself?What was LISP hacking like in the age of punch cards,teletypes, and mainframe computers?How is LISP related to Lambda Calculus?This text plays with the theme of minimal LISP by providingseveral implementations from a simple metacircular evaluator toa full compiler that emits a single, self-contained C program.The discussion is embedded in reflections on what hacking lookedlike in the early days of LISP.