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Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?
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zimoun |
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Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for? |
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Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:00:49 +0200 |
Hi,
On lun., 26 sept. 2022 at 09:19, Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech> wrote:
>> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
>> nothing (AFAIK). :-)
> In s-expression it doesn't stand for symbolic expression?
It is what Wikipedia say: :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression
And the McCarthy’s article from 1960 uses this nomenclature.
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/recursive/node1.html
Cheers,
simon
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