History of Lisp (1979) [pdf]

Re:History of Lisp (1979) [pdf] by mtreis86 on Saturday May 16, 2020 @05:58AM (#23202076)

I would really like to see an updated history that takes up where this left off. Highlights of the past 40 years: the formation of the Common Lisp specification, the role of Lisps in AI, Symbolics vs Lisp Machines Inc, their eventual demise in the AI winter, continued use in DSLs like Autocad and Emacs, and the small but growing resurgence in interest.

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Re:History of Lisp (1979) [pdf] by lispm on Saturday May 16, 2020 @06:25AM (#23202241)

Here you go for a technical history

https://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf

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Re:History of Lisp (1979) [pdf] by Rochus on Saturday May 16, 2020 @06:27AM (#23202252)

Some of it is described here: https://ai.stanford.edu/~nilsson/QAI/qai.pdf (THE QUEST FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A HISTORY OF IDEAS AND ACHIEVEMENTS)

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Re:History of Lisp (1979) [pdf] by pinewurst on Saturday May 16, 2020 @01:07PM (#23205172)

This is a really good book - I bought the Print version a few years ago.

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Re:History of Lisp (1979) [pdf] by pinewurst on Saturday May 16, 2020 @01:11PM (#23205206)

HP Newquist, The Brain Makers from 1994. It matches my memories of the last AI boom quite well.

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