John McCarthy developed Lisp in 1958 while he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 作者在美国最好的工科大学发明Lisp,并于1971年获得图灵奖(计算机科学领域的诺贝尔奖)
作者和计算机学科的奠基人之一图灵在同所大学同一实验室不同时间完成博士学位。
Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language in widespread use today. (第2个计算机语言)作者在当时历史条件下发明计算机语言非常不容易。比Lisp更早的计算机语言是Fortran,只早1年。
Based on the lambda calculus, Lisp soon became the programming language of choice for AI applications after its publication in 1960.(当时是人工智能应用的首选编程语言)
Lisp应该是最早的函数编程语言。
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