Which model of programming for LISP: sequential, functional or mixed?

  • Authors:
  • C. K. Yuen

  • Affiliations:
  • DISCS, NUS, Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGPLAN Notices
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

This article reviews models of programming applicable to Lisp, and argues that both the sequential model and the functional model have developed in directions of excessive complexity. For future developments, a mixed model based on old-style Lisp, but augmented with new parallel constructs, can provide a simpler tool for handling practical programming tasks.