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# Let Over Lambda


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# Let Over Lambda—50 Years of Lisp

## by Doug Hoyte

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| [About the Book][1]  
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| [Table of Contents][2]  
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| [Text Mode][3]  
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| [Reviews][4]  
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| [Buy It][5]  
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| [Errata][6]  
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| [Clarifications][7]  
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| [Production Code][8]  
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| [Original Code][9]  
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| [References][10]  
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## Table of Contents

### Edition 1.0

1. Introduction

[Introduction][12]
    1. Macros

[Macros][12]
    2. U-Language

[U-Language][12]
    3. The Lisp Utility

[The Lisp Utility][12]
    4. License

[License][12]
    5. Thanks

[Thanks][12]
2. Closures

[Closures][12]
    1. Closure-Oriented Programming

[Closure-Oriented Programming][12]
    2. Environments and Extent

[Environments and Extent][12]
    3. Lexical and Dynamic Scope

[Lexical and Dynamic Scope][12]
    4. Let It Be Lambda

[Let It Be Lambda][12]
    5. Let Over Lambda

[Let Over Lambda][12]
    6. Lambda Over Let Over Lambda

[Lambda Over Let Over Lambda][12]
    7. Let Over Lambda Over Let Over Lambda

[Let Over Lambda Over Let Over Lambda][12]
3. Macro Basics

[Macro Basics][12]
    1. Iterative Development

[Iterative Development][12]
    2. Domain Specific Languages

[Domain Specific Languages][12]
    3. Control Structures

[Control Structures][12]
    4. Free Variables

[Free Variables][12]
    5. Unwanted Capture

[Unwanted Capture][12]
    6. Once Only

[Once Only][12]
    7. Duality of Syntax

[Duality of Syntax][12]
4. Read Macros

[Read Macros][12]
    1. Run-Time at Read-Time

[Run-Time at Read-Time][12]
    2. Backquote

[Backquote][12]
    3. Reading Strings

[Reading Strings][12]
    4. CL-PPCRE

[CL-PPCRE][12]
    5. Cyclic Expressions

[Cyclic Expressions][12]
    6. Reader Security

[Reader Security][12]
5. Programs That Program

[Programs That Program][12]
    1. Lisp Is Not Functional

[Lisp Is Not Functional][12]
    2. Top-Down Programming

[Top-Down Programming][12]
    3. Implicit Contexts

[Implicit Contexts][12]
    4. Code-Walking with Macrolet

[Code-Walking with Macrolet][12]
    5. Recursive Expansions

[Recursive Expansions][12]
    6. Recursive Solutions

[Recursive Solutions][12]
    7. Dlambda

[Dlambda][12]
6. Anaphoric Macros

[Anaphoric Macros][12]
    1. More Phors?

[More Phors?][12]
    2. Sharp-Backquote

[Sharp-Backquote][12]
    3. Alet and Finite State Machines

[Alet and Finite State Machines][12]
    4. Indirection Chains

[Indirection Chains][12]
    5. Hotpatching Closures

[Hotpatching Closures][12]
    6. Sub-Lexical Scope

[Sub-Lexical Scope][12]
    7. Pandoric Macros

[Pandoric Macros][12]
7. Macro Efficiency Topics

[Macro Efficiency Topics][12]
    1. Lisp Is Fast

[Lisp Is Fast][12]
    2. Macros Make Lisp Fast

[Macros Make Lisp Fast][12]
    3. Getting To Know Your Disassembler

[Getting To Know Your Disassembler][12]
    4. Pointer Scope

[Pointer Scope][12]
    5. Tlists and Cons Pools

[Tlists and Cons Pools][12]
    6. Sorting Networks

[Sorting Networks][12]
    7. Writing and Benchmarking Compilers

[Writing and Benchmarking Compilers][12]
8. Lisp Moving Forth Moving Lisp

[Lisp Moving Forth Moving Lisp][12]
    1. Weird By Design

[Weird By Design][12]
    2. Cons Threaded Code

[Cons Threaded Code][12]
    3. Duality of Syntax, Defined

[Duality of Syntax, Defined][12]
    4. Going Forth

[Going Forth][12]
    5. Going Forther

[Going Forther][12]
    6. Going Lisp

[Going Lisp][12]

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### Appendices

1. Languages to Learn

[Languages to Learn][12]
    1. Road to Lisp

[Road to Lisp][12]
    2. C and Perl

[C and Perl][12]
    3. Lisp Incubators

[Lisp Incubators][12]
2. Languages to Avoid

[Languages to Avoid][12]
    1. Opinion

[Opinion][12]
    2. Blub Central

[Blub Central][12]
    3. Niche Blub

[Niche Blub][12]
3. Implementations

[Implementations][12]
    1. CMUCL/SBCL

[CMUCL/SBCL][12]
    2. CLISP

[CLISP][12]
    3. Others

[Others][12]
4. Lisp Editors

[Lisp Editors][12]
    1. emacs

[emacs][12]
    2. vi

[vi][12]

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[References][10]

References by Author

Index

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All material is (C) Doug Hoyte unless otherwise noted or implied. All rights reserved.

[1]: https://letoverlambda.com/index.cl
[2]: https://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/toc
[3]: https://letoverlambda.com/textmode.cl
[4]: https://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/reviews
[5]: https://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/buy
[6]: https://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/errata
[7]: https://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/clarifications
[8]: https://letoverlambda.com/lol.lisp
[9]: https://letoverlambda.com/lol-orig.lisp
[10]: https://letoverlambda.com/references.lisp
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