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History of Lisp

John McCarthy
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Stanford University

12 February 1979

This draft gives insufficient mention to many people who helped implement LISP and who contributed ideas. Suggestions for improvements in that directions are particularly welcome. Facts about the history of FUNARG and uplevel addressing generally are especially needed.





John McCarthy
Fri Jul 26 22:37:29 PDT 1996