Abstract
So far we have written isolated functions to illustrate particular features of Lisp. But practical programs are structured sequences of large numbers of functions. To show how a complete system might be written, the last three chapters deal with an interpreter for (a subset of) the language ABC, written in Lisp. ABC is a structured interactive computer language produced by the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam. The original versions were written by Lambert Meertens and Leo Guerts around 1976. The third version (known as ABC B) was designed with the aid of Robert Dewar of New York University.
“Of course you know your ABC?” said the Red Queen.
“To be sure I do,” said Alice.
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Jones, R., Maynard, C., Stewart, I. (1990). ABC. In: The Art of Lisp Programming. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1719-3_17
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