A developer traced the legacy of John McCarthy, who coined the term "artificial intelligence" and pioneered representing code as data, in a historical writeup accompanied by a first Lisp implementatio…
A developer has re-published Douglas Hofstadter's 1983 Scientific American introduction to Lisp, originally part of his Metamagical Themas column, for a new generation of programmers. The piece explai…
The Internet Archive has released a collection of vintage artificial intelligence software from the 1970s to the 1990s, playable in browsers via emulation. Curated by Jason Scott, the collection inclu…
Dan Luu's analysis of token efficiency across programming languages finds no reliable way to validate the relationship between a language and its token efficiency, challenging earlier claims that Lisp…
A blog post by lr0.org argues that Lisp is a superior target language for AI code generation because it emphasizes high-level abstractions over mechanical state management, citing a quote from Abstrac…
Eduardo Bellani argues that deep knowledge of programming languages remains essential in the age of AI-assisted coding because languages embody fundamental ideas about structuring thought and managing…
A guide to programming Lisp on the DEC PDP-1, one of the earliest interactive Lisp environments, was published. The tutorial covers bringing up the system, loading and saving programs, and mixing asse…
A systems programmer draws parallels between the 1980s AI hype cycle and the current AI boom, warning that overpromises and oversimplification may lead to another AI winter. The author notes that toda…
A developer reports that large language models consistently struggle with balancing parentheses in Lisp dialects like Racket and Emacs Lisp, leading to cascading syntax errors. The user seeks workflow…
Software engineers are the first to use AI tools but treat them like traditional coding, whereas the future lies in 'Englishscript'—natural language scripts running on a ClaudeVM that bypass compilati…
The article discusses the development of Lisp programming support in the Vim text editor, focusing on two plugins: Slimv and Vlime. Slimv has been available for over a decade, while Vlime is a newer p…