* Lisp before computers
@ 2019-05-11 1:45 Emanuel Berg
2019-05-11 7:41 ` tomas
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From: Emanuel Berg @ 2019-05-11 1:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Cc: Henk Pelgrom, Ingemar Holmgren, Greger Eriksson, Kiki Alfredsson
When do you think the very first person thought
of a Lisp syntax with a REPL, and had it
execute stuff, in his brain or maybe with wood
and other items he assembled in his cave
or hut?
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* Re: Lisp before computers
2019-05-11 1:45 Lisp before computers Emanuel Berg
@ 2019-05-11 7:41 ` tomas
2019-05-11 23:12 ` Emanuel Berg
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From: tomas @ 2019-05-11 7:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
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On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 03:45:09AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> When do you think the very first person thought
> of a Lisp syntax with a REPL, and had it
> execute stuff, in his brain or maybe with wood
> and other items he assembled in his cave
> or hut?
Why speculate, when the "very first person(s)" write about it?
http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf
Enjoy
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* Re: Lisp before computers
2019-05-11 7:41 ` tomas
@ 2019-05-11 23:12 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-05-13 9:24 ` Van L
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From: Emanuel Berg @ 2019-05-11 23:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
tomas wrote:
> Why speculate, when the "very first
> person(s)" write about it?
>
> http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf
The very first person didn't write about it.
But thanks for the PDF.
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* Re: Lisp before computers
2019-05-11 23:12 ` Emanuel Berg
@ 2019-05-13 9:24 ` Van L
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From: Van L @ 2019-05-13 9:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Emanuel Berg writes:
> The very first person didn't write about it.
That was the community's standardization process
for the Common Noun (1) and not the Common Lisp.
(1) https://youtu.be/pKIfpj1H3EA
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