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Current status of a portable LISP compiler

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Martin L. Griss,

Anthony C. HearnAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 17, Issue 6

Pages 276 - 283

https://doi.org/10.1145/872726.807001

Published: 01 June 1982 Publication History

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This report describes the current status of a Portable LISP Compiler used with great success to compile Standard LISP on a variety of machines. It has also been used to provide a portable implementation base for a new LISP (PSL) on the DECSystem 20 and VAX.

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Index Terms

Current status of a portable LISP compiler
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Reusability
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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cover image ACM SIGPLAN Notices

ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 17, Issue 6

Proceedings of the 1982 SIGPLAN symposium on Compiler construction

June 1982

347 pages

ISSN:0362-1340

EISSN:1558-1160

DOI:10.1145/872726

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SIGPLAN '82: Proceedings of the 1982 SIGPLAN symposium on Compiler construction
June 1982
357 pages
ISBN:0897910745
DOI:10.1145/800230
Chairmen:
John R. White,
Frances E. Allen

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Kessler RPeterson JCarr HDuggan GKnell J(1986)EPIC - a retargetable, highly optimizing Lisp compilerACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/13310.1332321:7(118-130)Online publication date: 1-Jul-1986
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Griss MBenson EMaguire GPark DFriedman DWise DSteele G(1982)PSLProceedings of the 1982 ACM symposium on LISP and functional programming10.1145/800068.802139(88-97)Online publication date: 15-Aug-1982
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