When asked about some of the differences between a “real” computer and an iPad, I sometimes note that the iPad doesn’t have a way to run software directly written on it. That is to say there isn’t a ...

During the AI research boom of the 1970s, the LISP language – from LISt Processor – saw a major surge in use and development, including many dialects being developed. One of these dialects was Scheme, ...

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Emacs is, famously, an editor—perhaps far more—that is extensible using its own variant of the Lisp programming language, Emacs Lisp (or Elisp). This year's edition of EmacsConf, which is an annual ...

Lisp is one of the oldest programming languages still in use today, but it has evolved in multiple directions over its more than 60-year history. Two of the more prominent descendants, Common Lisp and ...