The Design Objectives of Quadlisp

dc.contributor.author	Postma, Stef W.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-22T13:32:44Z
dc.date.available	2018-05-22T13:32:44Z
dc.date.issued	1982
dc.identifier.citation	Postma, S.W. (1982) The Design Objectives of Quadlisp. Quaestiones Informaticae Vol 2 No 1 1982	en
dc.identifier.issn	0254-2757
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24008
dc.description.abstract	Quadlisp is a symbol manipulation language for sophisticated users, and it is an improper extension of Lisp 1.5 (in the same sense that Pascal is an improper extension of Algol). Elements from Lisp thus are basic to the language, but other objectives such as data-typing and general principles of modern language design have also been incorporated. Pertinent aspects of these considerations are discussed, followed by a discussion of the pragmatic considerations. Pragmatics relate to the use of the language on machines, or just by people as a tool for developing programs.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT)	en
dc.title	The Design Objectives of Quadlisp	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	School of Computing	en