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Re:Ask HN: Guide for Implementing Common Lisp by el_memorioso on Friday February 02, 2024 @01:15AM (#39225657)
Why m-expressions (Algol syntax)? McCarthy initially tried m-expressions for Lisp, but it turned out that programmers liked s-expressions better.
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Re:Ask HN: Guide for Implementing Common Lisp by pfdietz on Friday February 02, 2024 @08:15AM (#39228163)
In particular, macros work great with s-expressions, not so great with m-expressions.
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Re:Ask HN: Guide for Implementing Common Lisp by HexDecOctBin on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:33AM (#39228913)
There has been some new research around this old problem, which inspired me: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3622818
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