LISP 2

LISP 2 was a programming language proposed in the 1960s as the successor to Lisp. It had largely Lisp-like semantics and Algol 60-like syntax. Today it is mostly remembered for its syntax, but in fact it had many features beyond those of early Lisps.

For Lisp-2, Lisp systems with separate function namespaces, see Lisp-1 vs. Lisp-2

Early Lisps had many limitations, including limited data types and slow numerics. Its use of fully parenthesized notation was also considered a problem. The inventor of Lisp, John McCarthy, expected these issues to be addressed in a later version, called notionally Lisp 2. Hence the name Lisp 1.5 for the successor to the earliest Lisp.[1]

Lisp 2 was a joint project of the System Development Corporation and Information International, Inc., and was intended for the IBM built AN/FSQ-32 military computer. Development later shifted to the IBM 360/67 and the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-6. The project was eventually abandoned.

Bibliography
  • Abrahams, Paul W., Barnett, J., et al., "The LISP 2 Programming Language and System" Proceedings of the Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1966, pp. 661–676.
  • Abrahams, Paul W., "LISP 2 Specifications", Systems Development Corporation Technical report TM-3417/200/00, Santa Monica, Calif., 1967.
  • John McCarthy, "History of Lisp", 12 February 1979.
  • Mitchell, R.W., "LISP 2 Specifications Proposal", Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Memo No. 21, Stanford, Calif., 1964.
gollark: Seems reasonable.
gollark: Well, the issue is this:- I would be very annoyed if linking to things was case-sensitive- I can make SQLite look up stuff case-insensitively, but this would cause further bee with other components probably
gollark: Hmm, am I going to horribly regret having Minoteaur canonicalize titles to Title Case Or Something?
gollark: I might be able to get it to forward onto another radioserver with less limited capabilities, and I actually could pretty easily wrangle another HTTP audio streaming thing if necessary.
gollark: The software is almost entirely incapable of playing anything except music from the OIR libraries.

References
  1. McCarthy, 1979


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.