LISP Machine Progress Report.

Abstract

This informal paper introduces the LISP Machine, describes the goals and current status of the project, and explicates some of the key ideas. It covers the LISP as a system language, input/output, representation of data, representation of programs, control structures, storage organization, garbage collection, the editor and the current status of the work. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA062178

Entities

People

  • Alan Bawden
  • David Moon.
  • Jack Holloway
  • Richard Greenblatt
  • Thomas Knight

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Transmission
  • Debugging
  • Display Systems
  • English Language
  • High Level Language Architecture
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Prototypes
  • Standards
  • System Software

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Systems Analysis and Design