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McCarthy's LISP with macros
;source: http://ideone.com/lEx0T
;explanation: http://stackoverflow.com/a/3685147
(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 ((null. y) '())
((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)))
((eq (caar e) 'macro)
(cond
((eq (cadar e) 'lambda)
(eval. (eval. (car (cdddar e))
(cons (list. (car (caddar e)) (cadr 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)))))
;(print
;(let ((e '((macro lambda (x) (list. (quote car) (list. (quote cdr) x)))
; (cons (quote x) (cons (quote y) nil))))
; (bindings
; ;; Emacs 22 (but `symbol-function' is not portable):
; ; `((list. ,(symbol-function 'list.)))))
; ;; Expanded version of same:
; '((list. (lambda (x y) (cons x (cons y (quote nil))))))))
; (eval. e bindings)))
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