Bel is interesting, not least because it highlights the enduring and improbable longevity of one of the earliest high-level programming languages. That’s no small feat, especially given the ...

How an ice cream innovator in Somerville influenced Lisp pioneers at the MIT AI Lab­—and made a lasting mark on programming. In the early 1970s, a team of engineers at MIT’s AI Lab launched a ...

I've always had a thing for programming languages. I like to analyze them to see what features they bring to the table and how to take advantage of them. It's not surprising that I ran into Lisp ...

Growing up with a lisp incurs a certain amount of teasing. I may not have known that I had a speech impediment growing up, but as soon as I was surrounded by other kids my age, they made me aware (as ...

Just one week after Steve Jobs succumbed to cancer, mourners took to social networks and message boards to note the passing of computer scientist Dennis Ritchie, an event that was largely overlooked ...

A lisp is a speech difficulty that affects how a person pronounces certain sounds, especially “s” and “z.” While it is commonly seen in childhood speech development, it can continue into adulthood if ...

During the AI research boom of the 1970s, the LISP language – from LISt Processor – saw a major surge in use and development, including many dialects being developed. One of these dialects was Scheme, ...