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By Christian Queinnec,Kathleen Callaway

ISBN-10: 0521545668

ISBN-13: 9780521545662

ISBN-10: 0521562473

ISBN-13: 9780521562478

this can be a finished account of the semantics and the implementation of the complete Lisp family members of languages, specifically Lisp, Scheme and similar dialects. It describes eleven interpreters and a couple of compilers, together with very fresh ideas of interpretation and compilation. The e-book is in components. the 1st begins from an easy evaluate functionality and enriches it with a number of identify areas, continuations and side-effects with commented editions, whereas whilst the language used to outline those positive factors is lowered to an easy lambda-calculus. Denotational semantics is then certainly brought. the second one half focuses extra on implementation concepts and discusses precompilation for speedy interpretation: threaded code or bytecode; compilation in the direction of C. a few extensions also are defined equivalent to dynamic review, mirrored image, macros and gadgets. it will develop into the hot normal reference for individuals eager to be aware of extra concerning the Lisp family members of languages: how they paintings, how they're carried out, what their versions are and why such variations exist. the total code is equipped (and additionally to be had over the Net). a wide bibliography is given in addition to quite a few routines. therefore it can even be utilized by scholars to accompany moment classes on Lisp or Scheme.

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