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# Example program -- LISP syntax # Create a "function" from a quoted list: (set 'four-plus-five '( (set 'x 4) (set 'y 5) (print (+ x y)) ) ) # But the quoted list isn't special... # We could construct it "by hand": (set 'four-times-five (make-array)) (set 'temp-line (make-array)) (push temp-line "print") (set 'temp-call (make-array)) (push temp-call "*") (push temp-call 4) (push temp-call 5) (push temp-line temp-call) (push four-times-five temp-line) # Call our functions: (four-plus-five) (print ln) (four-times-five) (print ln)

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# Example program -- LISP syntax # Create a "function" from a quoted list: (set 'four-plus-five '( (set 'x 4) (set 'y 5) (print (+ x y)) ) ) # But the quoted list isn't special... # We could construct it "by hand": (set 'four-times-five (make-array)) (set 'temp-line (make-array)) (push temp-line "print") (set 'temp-call (make-array)) (push temp-call "*") (push temp-call 4) (push temp-call 5) (push temp-line temp-call) (push four-times-five temp-line) # Call our functions: (four-plus-five) (print ln) (four-times-five) (print ln)
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mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 03:06:44 JST mcc
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This is what I came up with; I think of it as "0-lisp". In LISP a "2-LISP" is a LISP where functions and variables live in different namespaces, and in a "1-LISP" they live in one namespace. Projecting backward, in my 0-LISP, the distinction itself disappears totally; functions are lists and *any list can be executed*. I wanted to know what this changed. Here's what I found:
It helps very little, and makes certain important things a huge pain. Oops! Still, it was very educational to learn this.

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