Nils M Holm
@AverageDog@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
Back cover of the books "LISP From Nothing". Blurb: * What is the minimal LISP language that can interpret itself? * What is the smallest LISP that can compile itself? * What was LISP hacking like in the age of punch cards, teletypes, and mainframe computers? * How is LISP related to Lambda Calculus? This text plays with the theme of minimal LISP by providing several implementations from a simple metacircular evaluator to a full compiler that emits a single, self-contained C program. The discussion is embedded in reflections on what hacking looked like in the early days of LISP.
Back cover of the books "LISP From Nothing". Blurb: * What is the minimal LISP language that can interpret itself? * What is the smallest LISP that can compile itself? * What was LISP hacking like in the age of punch cards, teletypes, and mainframe computers? * How is LISP related to Lambda Calculus? This text plays with the theme of minimal LISP by providing several implementations from a simple metacircular evaluator to a full compiler that emits a single, self-contained C program. The discussion is embedded in reflections on what hacking looked like in the early days of LISP.
Back cover of the books "LISP From Nothing". Blurb: * What is the minimal LISP language that can interpret itself? * What is the smallest LISP that can compile itself? * What was LISP hacking like in the age of punch cards, teletypes, and mainframe computers? * How is LISP related to Lambda Calculus? This text plays with the theme of minimal LISP by providing several implementations from a simple metacircular evaluator to a full compiler that emits a single, self-contained C program. The discussion is embedded in reflections on what hacking looked like in the early days of LISP.
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