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Roll A Lisp In C

This post discusses the implementation of a Lisp interpreter in the C language, including the Lisp reader and writer. It explains how to lexically analyze a Lisp expression, create a list structure using pairs, and convert a C string into tokens. The post provides enough information to start evaluating different syntactic expressions.

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May 12, 2024•4m read time•From swatson555.github.io
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