2 ms·The reason would be to write a Lisp interpreter.by mojuba 19y agoThe reason would be to write a Lisp interpreter.dreish 19y agoYou missed the "other way round" part.eru 19y agoNo, he did not. The reason to write a C compiler / interpreter in Lisp is that so you can then write an Lisp system on top of C and show off your 'uber-haxor skillz'.