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Language extensibility

Jul 2, 1999, 10:50 AM

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In comp.lang.python Jeff Dalton <jeff@todday.aiai.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
: Tim Bradshaw <tfb@tfeb.org> writes:

:> * Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
:>
:> > Huh? Forth dates back to the 60s, whereas Scheme is from 1975, and I'm
:> > quite unsure of whether Chuck Moore knew Lisp at all.

: Well *Lisp* dates back to the late 50s. Scheme may be from 75,
: but Lisp is a different matter. And lambda calculus is, what,
: 1949?

Supposedly, Lisp was created in 1953, a year after Fortran, and is said
to be the second higher-level (non-assembly) language written.

But then... I wasn't around at that time, so what do I know. ;)

-Arcege

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tfb at tfeb

Jul 2, 1999, 1:27 PM

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* Michael P Reilly wrote:

> Supposedly, Lisp was created in 1953, a year after Fortran, and is said
> to be the second higher-level (non-assembly) language written.

No, I think it's 1958 -- the 40th anniversary conference was last
year, after all!

(A good year for programming languages and guitars both).

--tim

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cbarry at 2xtreme

Jul 3, 1999, 1:24 AM

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Tim Bradshaw <tfb@tfeb.org> writes:

> * Michael P Reilly wrote:
>
> > Supposedly, Lisp was created in 1953, a year after Fortran, and is said
> > to be the second higher-level (non-assembly) language written.
>
> No, I think it's 1958 -- the 40th anniversary conference was last
> year, after all!
>
> (A good year for programming languages and guitars both).

Hmm... L-4 CES, Les Paul... it seems every classic Gibson was
made in 1958....

Christopher