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activitypea | 1 year ago

I remember reading GEB and being shocked that he never mentions Lisp. He _does_ wade into CompSci topics, but it's something half-hearted about how compilers are programs that read and generate programs. This really should've been integrated into a revised edition of the book.

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lisper|1 year ago

Huh? He mentions Lisp all over the place. Check the index.

baruchthescribe|1 year ago

Nonsense.

"One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is LISP (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the time Algol was invented. Subsequently, LISP has enjoyed great popularity with workers in Artificial Intelligence."

silcoon|1 year ago

Give it another go! _The Anatomy of LISP_ is the first entry in the bibliography.