Forth Moving Lisp Moving Forth
Using macro abstractions we have developed, we create an implementation of one of my favourite programming languages: forth. Although this implementation embodies most of the important ideas of forth, it is very different and lispy. For that reason, and for everything else, this chapter is dedicated with love to my father Brian Hoyte who introduced me to forth and to computer programming.
- ▪Using macro abstractions we have developed, we create an implementation of one of my favourite programming languages: forth.
- ▪Although this implementation embodies most of the important ideas of forth, it is very different and lispy.
- ▪For that reason, and for everything else, this chapter is dedicated with love to my father Brian Hoyte who introduced me to forth and to computer programming.
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Let Over Lambda -- 50 Years of Lisp by Doug Hoyte Lisp Moving Forth Moving Lisp function toggle_note(n) { if (document.getElementById("note_"+n).style.display == "") { document.getElementById("note_"+n).style.display = "none"; } else { document.getElementById("note_"+n).style.display = ""; } } Weird By Design This chapter is a culmination of many macro techniques we have looked at so far in this book. Using macro abstractions we have developed, we create an implementation of one of my favourite programming languages: forth. Although this implementation embodies most of the important ideas of forth, it is very different and lispy.
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