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Why should I use Lisp?
Lisp is essentially just an abstract syntax tree (AST). ASTs are great because they allow you to think of your program in pure, abstract building blocks; this allows a certain “hygiene of thought” that other languages lack.
Why do people still use LISP?
I’ve found it to be a very enlightening experience to learn Lisp in the form of Clojure over the past year (after a lot of experience with Java and C#). Main reasons for this are: It has quite a strong emphasis on functional programming (more so than most other Lisps).
Why was Lisp used for AI?
Lisp is used for AI because it supports the implementation of software that computes with symbols very well. Symbols, symbolic expressions and computing with those is at the core of Lisp.
What is the power of LISP?
The true power of LISP is its ability to evaluate itself from a few building blocks. As John McCarthy did, we will be defining _eval which can evaluate LISP in LISP. This is the most surprising and powerful aspect of the language. With 5 primitives and 12 functions, you have the building blocks to build an interpreter.
Why should I learn Lisp?
If you like programming you should learn Lisp for the pure joy of it. XKCD perfectly expresses the intellectual enlightenment that ensues. Learning Lisp is for the programmer what meditation is for the Buddhist monk (and I meant this without any blasphemous connotation). Lisp is very useful for creating little DSLs .
Why do some adults have a lisp?
When it comes to lisps, in particular, the most common cause is tongue placement. It adult-onset lisps it seems as though, more often than not, the tongue simply is not positioned correctly within the mouth. This is known to obstruct airflow, causing sounds to be contorted when the person articulates their thoughts.
Why was Lisp created?
Lisp was originally created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs, influenced by (though not originally derived from ) the notation of Alonzo Church ‘s lambda calculus. It quickly became the favored programming language for artificial intelligence (AI) research.
What can Lisp do?
LISP, an acronym for list processing, is a programming language that was designed for easy manipulation of data strings. Developed in 1959 by John McCarthy , it is a commonly used language for artificial intelligence ( AI) programming. It is one of the oldest programming languages still in relatively wide use.