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Re:Beating C with Dyalog APL by lispm on Thursday October 24, 2019 @05:11PM (#21349218)
Just that the s-expression notation did not originate as contribution to recursive function theory, but was actually originating from designing and implementing a programming language and system for list processing.
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Re:Beating C with Dyalog APL by kragen on Thursday October 24, 2019 @05:27PM (#21349367)
I think your reading of these sources differs from mine, then, but the important thing is that now anyone who is interested can peruse them at their leisure and make up their own mind.
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