LISP 1.6(ID:3916/lis013)

Lynn H. Quan and Whitfield Diffie Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA 1969

LISP 1.5 plus (amongst others) arbitrary precision integer package
Related languages
LISP 1.5 => LISP 1.6   Evolution of
LISP 1.6 => LISP 1.75   Evolution of
LISP 1.6 => UCI-LISP   Implementation
References:
  • LISP 1.6, Version: 2, September 1969 Author: Lynn H. Quan and Whitfield Diffie view details Abstract: Abstract: The interactive LISP 1.6 system has been developed for the PDP-10 at the Stanford University Artificial Intelligence project. It is assumed that the user is familiar with either some other LISP system or the LISP 1.5 Primer by Clark Weissman. This LISP 1.6 system has as a subset of most of the features and functions of other LISP 1.5 systems. In addition, there are several new features such as an arbitrary precision integer package, an S-expression editor, up to 14 active input/output channels, the ability to control the size of memory spaces, a standard relocating loader assembly language or compiled programs, etc. This system uses an interpreter; however, there is also a compiler which produces machine code. Compiled functions are approximately ten times as fast and also take less memory space. The manual is organized in a functional manner. First the basic data structures are described, then the functions for operating on them. The appendices present more detailed information on the system, its internal structure, the compiler, and several auxiliary packages. External link: Online at trailing edge