On Feb 17, 2011, at 12:37 PM, John F. Sowa wrote:
> ...
> 1. Just look at LISP, which contributed the if-then-else statement,
> recursion, lambda expressions, metalanguage, garbage collection,
> the ability to write an interpreter or compiler of a language
> in itself, etc. (01)
Niggling historical point: IPL had recursion a couple of years before LISP. (02)
-chris (03)
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