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I will take a look, it looks really interesting. Thanks for the effort. I'm also interested in Lisp. I think you might like this: 'The evolution of Lisp' by Gu
by emigre 8mo ago
I will take a look, it looks really interesting. Thanks for the effort. I'm also interested in Lisp.
I think you might like this: 'The evolution of Lisp' by Guy L. Steele and Richard P. Gabriel. https://doi.org/10.1145/234286.1057818 https://doi.org/10.1145/234286.1057818
- emigre 8mo agoThis one is similar but about Haskell, and is quite interesting as well: 'A history of Haskell: being lazy with class' by Paul Hudak, Simon Peyton Jones et al. https://doi.org/10.1145/1238844.1238856 https://doi.org/10.1145/1238844.1238856
- nocman 8mo agoI think it is worth noting that Richard P. Gabriel wrote the forward to the book in question, and he quotes Guy L. Steele in that forward -- from the paper that you are suggesting the author might like.
- emigre 8mo agoYes, so it makes sense that he'll like it, if he did not know the paper already.
- emigre 8mo agoOr you mean he'll probably already know about the paper? Yes, I guess that's probably the case... I did not think about it too much to be honest, I just knew that article and thought that he would really like it if he had not read it. But I can imagine somebody writing a book on the history of Lisp has already read probably all articles around on the topic. I just did not think about it for too long.
- cdegroot 8mo agoYup, I know of that paper. The amount of (not or partly acknowledged) reading I've done for the book borders on the insane so I do welcome these suggestions, I've forgotten 80% of what I read and learning what others value helps me put together a "you really should revisit this" list :)