In article <1dtvigINNksp@agate.berkeley.edu>
bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey) writes:
POP is a programming language developed in the 1970s in England.
It combines an Algol-like syntax (statements separated with semicolons
inside block structures) with Lisp-like semantics (untyped variables,
lists as data aggregates, etc).
Sounds pretty obscure. I have to agree with the guy who wondered why
this was a comp. group while BASIC is still an alt. group.
BUT! Maybe it *is* worth the bandwidth---I once knew a guy who wanted
to combine Algol and Lisp. He told me...
<drumroll please!>
....that that's where (defun ...) BEGINs!!!!
Har har!
mjl
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