Evaluation and denotation of pure LISP programs : a worked example in semantics

A Scott/Strachey style denotational semantics intended to describe pure LISP is examined. I present evidence that it is an accurate rendering of the language described in chapter 1 of the LISP 1.5 Programmer's, Manual, in particular I show that call-by-value and fluid variables are correctly ha...

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Main Author: Gordon, Michael J. C.
Published: University of Edinburgh 1974
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.257646