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

Stark, W Richard

ISBN 10: 354097072X / ISBN 13: 9783540970729

Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. K, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LISP: An Algebraic View of LISP Programming, Foundations, and Applications
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. K
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 354097072X
• ISBN 13: 9783540970729
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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This 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 applications, historical comments and quotations, computational philosophy, and consequences of LISP's power.