Package Number: 1032
Last Update: 10/79
Submitted By: UOW
LISP is a programming language designed primarily for processing symbolic data. It has been used for symbolic calculations in differential and integral calculus, electrical circuit theory, mathematical logic, game playing and other fields of artificial intelligence. LISP differs from most programming languages in three important ways:
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All data in the form of symbolic expressions is usually referred to as S-expressions. S-expressions are of indefinite length and have a branching tree type of structure, so that significant sub-expressions can be readily isolated.
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The source language specifies in what way the S-expressions are to be processed. This consists of recursive functions of S- expressions.
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LISP can interpret and execute programs written in the form of S- expressions. Thus, unlike most higher level languages, it can be used to generate programs for further execution.
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