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PostScript is kind of like a cross between Forth and Lisp. But it's actually a lot more like Lisp than Forth: high level, polymorphic, homoiconic, etc. on: Wha
by DonHopkins 3y ago
PostScript is kind of like a cross between Forth and Lisp. But it's actually a lot more like Lisp than Forth: high level, polymorphic, homoiconic, etc.
on: What are the enduring innovations of Lisp? (2022):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36159999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36159999
>PostScript is as truly homoiconic and polymorphic and interactive as Lisp.
on: Masterminds of Programming: Chuck Moore (2009):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21964186 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21964186
on: Sun's NeWS was a mistake, as are all toolkit-in-server windowing systems (2013) (utoronto.ca):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22456471 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22456471
FORTH ?KNOW IF
HONK!
ELSE
FORTH LEARN!
THEN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29261771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29261771
on: Forth vs Lisp:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29261810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29261810
NeWS PostScript stuff:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22456831 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22456831
Lisp in Forth:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26882117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26882117
- fuzztester 3y agoRe the HONK! snippet: Can't resist reposting this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39109122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39109122 3rd comment down the subthread.