Nils M Holm
@AverageDog@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Just published the second edition of "LISP From Nothing" with a new chapter on Lambda Calculus that sheds light on the question if LAMBDA is enough to implement LISP. Also contains other minor additions and corrections. See the homepage for details.
http://t3x.org/lfn/index.html
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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.