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Lisp is the lambda calculus + AST as syntax. The Wolfram language is a symbolic reduction engine without AST as syntax. In other words, nope they are not the sa

Lisp is the lambda calculus + AST as syntax. The Wolfram language is a symbolic reduction engine without AST as syntax. In other words, nope they are not the same at all.

rscho 5y ago
I stand corrected. Although lambda calculus is apparently considered by some to be a term rewriting system, apparently. So I'm not sure the connexion is so distant after all.
- fithisux 5y ago
  Lambda calculus is one of the many term rewriting systems. There is a lot of material for free.