Lisp Machines were built with specialized hardware to allow efficient running of Lisp - they were built by several companies, both in and outside the US during the 1970's and 1980's.
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Computer Architectures NOT based on arrays
Wadler's original paper on Monads for Functional Programming ( Haskell ) ,he says
Another question with a long history is whether it is desirable to base programs on array update. Since so much effort has gone into developing algorithms and…
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What is the difference between a stock-hardware and a micro-coded machine in "A Critique of Common Lisp"?
I was reading this article: A Critique of Common Lisp and finding it hard to make out the precise definition of "stock-hardware machine" and its difference with "micro-coded" machines. I tried to search for a precise definition of the former to no…
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