Lisp Programming Language

• Q1.

  What is LISP Programming

  List Processing – LISP (or LISP) is the second oldest high-level programming language after Fortran developed by John McCarthy in 1958 while he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). LISP is a commonly used language for artificial intelligence (AI) programming.LISP has changed since its early days, and many dialects have existed over its history. Today, the best known general-purpose LISP dialects are Common LISP and Scheme.

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• Q2.

  How many types of variables are available in LISP?

  There are two types of variables are available in LISP one is lexical variable, and other is special variable

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• Q3.

  What is LISP Machine (LISPM)

  LISP machines are general-purpose computers designed to efficiently run LISP as their main software and programming language, usually via hardware support. They are an example of a high-level language computer architecture, and in a sense, they were the first commercial single-user workstations.

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• Q4.

  Who is the Founder of LISP Programming

  LISP was invented by John McCarthy in 1958.

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• Q5.

  What is the full form of LISP?

  LISP stand for – List Processing – LISP (or LISP)

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• Q6.

  What is LG3 , How to pass commands to LG3

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• Q7.

  Is LISP a functional programming language ?

  No

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• Q8.

  For what LISP programming is used for

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• Q9.

  What is meant by symbolic expression in LISP?

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• Q10.

  How many types of arguments are available in LISP?

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• Q11.

  Which primitive in LISP tests two arguments to see if their values are the same expression?

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• Q12.

  What is meant by keyword argument in LISP?

  keyword argument are function arguments that are passed by keyword, instead of position.Keyword arguments can be mixed with by-position arguments, and default-value expressions can be supplied for either kind of argument:

  (define greet
    (lambda (given #:last surname)
      (string-append "Hello, " given " " surname)))
   
  > (greet "John" #:last "Smith") 
  "Hello, John Smith"
  > (greet #:last "Doe" "John")
  "Hello, John Doe"
  

  In above example last is a keyword argument.

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• Q13.

  Which symbol is used to represent the prompt in LISP?

  * symbol is used to represent the prompt in LISP.

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• Q14.

  Which notation facilitates uniformity in LISP?

  Prefix notation facilitates uniformity in LISP.

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