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; The Lisp defined in McCarthy's 1960 paper, translated into CL.
; Assumes only quote, atom, eq, cons, car, cdr, cond.
; Bug reports to [email protected].
(defun null. (x)
(eq x '()))
(defun and. (x y)
(cond (x (cond (y 't) ('t '())))
('t '())))
(defun not. (x)
(cond (x '())
('t 't)))
(defun append. (x y)
(cond ((null. x) y)
('t (cons (car x) (append. (cdr x) y)))))
(defun list. (x y)
(cons x (cons y '())))
(defun pair. (x y)
(cond ((and. (null. x) (null. y)) '())
((and. (not. (atom x)) (not. (atom y)))
(cons (list. (car x) (car y))
(pair. (cdr x) (cdr y))))))
(defun assoc. (x y)
(cond ((eq (caar y) x) (cadar y))
('t (assoc. x (cdr y)))))
(defun eval. (e a)
(cond
((atom e) (assoc. e a))
((atom (car e))
(cond
((eq (car e) 'quote) (cadr e))
((eq (car e) 'atom) (atom (eval. (cadr e) a)))
((eq (car e) 'eq) (eq (eval. (cadr e) a)
(eval. (caddr e) a)))
((eq (car e) 'car) (car (eval. (cadr e) a)))
((eq (car e) 'cdr) (cdr (eval. (cadr e) a)))
((eq (car e) 'cons) (cons (eval. (cadr e) a)
(eval. (caddr e) a)))
((eq (car e) 'cond) (evcon. (cdr e) a))
('t (eval. (cons (assoc. (car e) a)
(cdr e))
a))))
((eq (caar e) 'label)
(eval. (cons (caddar e) (cdr e))
(cons (list. (cadar e) (car e)) a)))
((eq (caar e) 'lambda)
(eval. (caddar e)
(append. (pair. (cadar e) (evlis. (cdr e) a))
a)))))
(defun evcon. (c a)
(cond ((eval. (caar c) a)
(eval. (cadar c) a))
('t (evcon. (cdr c) a))))
(defun evlis. (m a)
(cond ((null. m) '())
('t (cons (eval. (car m) a)
(evlis. (cdr m) a)))))
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