Performance and Evaluation of LISP Systems

by Richard P. Gabriel

Book Overview

This final report of the Stanford Lisp Performance Study, conducted over a three year period by the author, describes implementation techniques, performance tradeoffs, benchmarking techniques, and performance results for all of the major Lisp dialects in use today. A popular highlevel programming language used predominantly in artificial intelligence, Lisp was the first language to concentrate on working with symbols instead of numbers. Lisp was introduced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262070936
• ISBN13: 9780262070935
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.