Everything about Lisp machine
Computer specialized in running Lisp
Lisp machines are general-purpose computers designed to efficiently run Lisp as their main software and programming language, usually via hardware support. They are an example of a high-level language computer architecture. In a sense, they were the first commercial single-user workstations. Despite being modest in number Lisp machines commercially pioneered some now-commonplace technologies, including networking innovations such as Chaosnet, and effective garbage collection. Several firms built and sold Lisp machines in the 1980s: Symbolics, Lisp Machines Incorporated, Texas Instruments, and Xerox. The operating systems were written in Lisp Machine Lisp, Interlisp (Xerox), and later partly in Common Lisp. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Lisp machineA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Exploring randomnessThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Lisp Machine manualCited 50 times
- Go sideways: Lisp MachinesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SymbolicsA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Lisp Machine manual
A LISP machine
Machine Tongues XVII: CLM: Music V Meets Common Lisp
From lisp machine to language lab
A microprogrammed Lisp machine
A performance evaluation of a Lisp-based data-driven machine (EM-3)
Is a LISP machine different from a fortran machine?
A control mechanism of a lisp-based data-driven machine
📚 Books worth reading
Exploring randomnessGregory J. Chaitin · 2001
Algorithmic information theoryGregory J. Chaitin · 1987- 📕mGA1.0Goldberg, David E. · 1990
Practical ClojureLuke VanderHart · 2010
Programming ClojureStuart Halloway · 2009
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