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LISP

LISP

3 7.4
A computer language used to work with lists and symbols for AI
  • noun
  • /lɪsp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : LISP
  • Writing algorithms in LISP allows for easier adjustments and improvements during the development process.

And the first big embarrassment I had for company, I developed a Pazar generator and Common Lisp.

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Examples

  • The important thing is not that people use Lisp at work; rather, that Lisp removes barriers to folks learning and mastering techniques of abstraction that make our jobs easier.

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  • Many researchers prefer using LISP for symbolic manipulation and processing complex data structures.

  • And so in Lisp we actually have this explicit bridge.

  • So in Lisp we actually have this explicit bridge.

  • And we use Lisp macros, which also helps save lines of code.

    Blog text (30)

  • Knowledge Craft is built on the LISP language, and application software can also be encoded directly in LISP.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Lisp has a natural means of creating new linguistic forms that contain such descriptive material.

    Blog text (19)

  • Well, if you're going for pure code compression, you really want a Lisp dialect: Common Lisp or Scheme.

    Blog text (30)

  • Lisp, a functional language inspired by Alonzo Church's lambda calculus, was one of the first programming languages developed at the dawn of the computing age.

    Academic text (2011)

  • LISP is a popular programming language for artificial intelligence research because of its flexibility.

Synonyms

programming language
vsLISP
  • Specialized
15 3.9

A set of rules for writing instructions a computer can follow

is specialized for symbolic processing and list manipulation often used in AI
list-processing language
vsLISP
  • Specialized
7.5

A computer language used to work with lists of information, often for artificial intelligence

is more flexible and procedure focused handling symbolic manipulation beyond lists

Compounds

LISP compiler
  • Specialized
7.5

A program that changes LISP code into code the computer can run

LISP program
  • Specialized
6.0

A set of instructions for a computer written in LISP

Surface Forms

LISP singular
LISPs plural

Etymology

LISP is short for LISt Processor, a name chosen because the language was built to work with list data, or 'lists' of items. So LISP is especially good at making and changing lists, which is why it was popular in early artificial intelligence work.