Programming languages: a grand tour

Book · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5364064

McCarthy, J; Abrahams, P W; Edwards, D J; Hart, T P; Levin, M

The LISP language is designed primarily for symbolic data processing. It has been used for symbolic calculations in differential and integral calculus, electrical circuit theory, mathematical logic, game playing, and other fields of artificial intelligence. LISP is a formal mathematical language. It is therefore possible to give a concise yet complete description of it. Such is the purpose of the first section of the manual. Other sections describe ways of using LISP to advantage and explain extensions of the language which make it a convenient programming system.

• OSTI ID: 5364064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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