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Compiled lisps have been a thing for nearly as long as lisps have. IIRC the first one was in early 1960s. It's a cultural oddity how strongly people seem to a
by ska 3y ago
Compiled lisps have been a thing for nearly as long as lisps have. IIRC the first one was in early 1960s.
It's a cultural oddity how strongly people seem to associate them with interpreted code.
- Zambyte 3y agoI think it's because people (rightfully) associate interactive programming with Lisp, and (wrongfully) associate interpreting with interactive programing, since loading compiled machine code into a running program is foreign to most people who do not use Lisp.