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The course is on how programming languages work. In order for an interpreter/compiler to interpret an programming language it must first parse all of the state
by rauljara 14y ago
The course is on how programming languages work. In order for an interpreter/compiler to interpret an programming language it must first parse all of the statements into a parse tree. Lisp is rare among programming languages in that its syntax is its parse-tree, which makes it an incredibly useful teaching tool for how programming languages work.