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Arrays as functions
In the early days of functional programming a number of people picked up on the notion that arrays could be implemented as functions. In this article we explore some early appearances of this idea.
Some sugared Lisps
A number of Lisp systems have been built that 'sugared' the classic parenthesis intensive syntax with something more familar. Here we look at some of them.
In praise of MuSimp
MuSimp was a Lisp dialect developed in the mid 1970s by Albert Rich and David Stoutemyer of the University of Hawaii and used as the basis for the MuMath symbolic algebra system. Here we look at some of its characteristics.