LISP in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

Book Overview

This is a comprehensive account of the semantics and the implementation of the whole Lisp family of languages, namely Lisp, Scheme and related dialects. It describes 11 interpreters and 2 compilers, including very recent techniques of interpretation and compilation. The book is in two parts. The first starts from a simple evaluation function and enriches it with multiple name spaces, continuations and side-effects with commented variants, while at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521545668
• ISBN13: 9780521545662
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.7"