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This "lisp in x lines of y" tradition started with the original Lisp paper back in 1960, which defined lisp in a few lines of lisp. Which, when you think about
by pjscott 15y ago
This "lisp in x lines of y" tradition started with the original Lisp paper back in 1960, which defined lisp in a few lines of lisp. Which, when you think about it, is an extraordinarily lispy thing to do.
- LearnYouALisp 15y agoLambdas all the way down. Now beat that, modern "bootstrapped" compilers.
- etrain 15y ago"Look, it's all lambdas all the way down. Until you reach turtles."
- brudgers 15y agoAt which point, the parentheses are removed and you wind up with LOGO.
- pjscott 15y agoLisp had to be bootstrapped with another compiler before it could run, of course. The compiler, in this case, was Steve Russell's brain. http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/lisp/node3.html http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/lisp/node3.html