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so the article is misleading, isn't it? it says "Lisp programming language, invented in 1958 by John McCarthy. Lisp pioneered many fundamental computer science
by andrewcooke 14y ago
so the article is misleading, isn't it? it says "Lisp programming language, invented in 1958 by John McCarthy. Lisp pioneered many fundamental computer science concepts, including closures", but closures were first created elsewhere - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(computer_science)#History_and_etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(computer_science)#Hist...
- pat_shaughnessy 14y agoOops - I missed that in my research. Yes, I agree this sentence is misleading; I'll update the text later on today. I suppose it's only true that Lisp (specifically Scheme) was the first widely used implementation of closures.
- andrewcooke 14y agoyes, i think that would be a better way of phrasing it. it's weird how old scheme is (1975 - 37 years old).