Learn Lisp programming in a data structures context, including tables, functions, forms, expressions, typed-pointers, I/O, garbage collection and some applications. This short primer contains a careful description of the data structures manipulated by Lisp functions. These data structures and others, notably hash tables, are also used in constructing a Lisp interpreter.

Interpreting Lisp will be of special interest to those learning and using programming languages and computer architecture as well as data structures. This book will be useful to autodidacts, professional programmers, and computer enthusiasts in a wide variety of fields.



What You'll Learn

Use the atom table and the number table in Lisp



Master expressions, typed pointers, arguments and results in typed pointers, and more



Write lambda expressions in Lisp



Bind actual values to formal arguments



Develop games in Lisp



Experienced programmers new to Lisp.