RLISP '88 : An Evolutionary Approach to Program Design

An Evolutionary Approach to Program Design

By: J Marti

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Hardcover | 1 December 1992

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The RLISP '88 programming system introduces an evolutionary approach to software development that enables small groups of programmers to advance the state of the art over a period of many years. Each new system is built on top of the old, yet little remains of the original program code. This book presents a style of durable programming for domain specialists and computer scientists alike. Exercises at the end of each chapter encourage its use as a textbook.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Computer Programming & Software Development Functional Programming Software Engineering Programming & Scripting Languages Computer Science Mathematics Booktopia Publisher Services World Scientific Publishing

Introduction	p. 1
An RLISP Primer	p. 7
Starting RLISP	p. 8
Primitives	p. 10
Dotted-Pair and List Notation	p. 17
RLISP Expressions	p. 20
Errors	p. 36
Comments and Annotation	p. 40
Statements	p. 43
Procedures	p. 45
What are Functions?	p. 50
Files	p. 59
The FOR Loop	p. 64
REPEAT and WHILE Loops	p. 73
Blocks and Transfer Functions	p. 77
Input and Output	p. 80
The Property List	p. 87
The Symbol Table	p. 92
Binding and Scope	p. 98
The RECORD Data Structure	p. 104
Arrays	p. 111
Constant Declaration	p. 120
Catching Errors	p. 121
Macros and Back Quote	p. 123
Top Level Control	p. 129
The Compiler	p. 132
Interactive Programming	p. 137
Advanced Topics	p. 141
Case Studies	p. 145
Polynomial Curve Fitting	p. 145
Pattern Matching	p. 148
Biological L-Systems	p. 153
Text Formatting	p. 165
Functions	p. 187
Primitive and Composite Data Types	p. 187
Function Types	p. 189
Binding Types	p. 189
The Functions of Standard Lisp	p. 189
Small Number Arithmetic	p. 196
RLISP Specific Functions	p. 198
Arithmetic Library Functions	p. 201
GLOBAL and FLUID Variables of Standard Lisp	p. 204
GLOBAL and FLUID Variables of RLISP	p. 204
Conclusion	p. 207
Textbook List	p. 209
Answers to Selected Problems	p. 211
Acknowledgments	p. 242
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 245
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