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LISP, Lore, and Logic: An Algebraic View of LISP Programming, Foundations, and Applications

By W. Richard Stark (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
1990
ISBN
978-0-387-97072-1, 978-1-4613-8931-6
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4613-8931-6
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2849127 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
278\294
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2013-12-29 19:00:00
CompilersInterpreters; Programming Techniques; Artificial IProgramming Languages

Description

Here is a presentation of LISP which is both practical and theoretical. For the practical, the syntax of the language, the programming styles, and the semantics of computation are carefully developed. For the theoretical, the algebra of interpreters, the lambda calculus as a foundation for LISP, and the algebraic significance of LISP's approach to artificial intelligence are discussed. As the title suggests, the book reaches beyond the technical side of LISP to present colorful applications, historical comments and quotations, computational philosophy, consequences of LISP's exceptional power, and much more. The material has been designed to appeal to a variety of readers, from the bright freshman to the practicing professional, and from computer scientists and mathematicians to chemists, engineers, and philosophers.

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