G-code is part of the numerical control used to command CNC machines. He implemented his interpreter using the language he’s most familiar with: Common Lisp (not surprising if you notice the ...

This particular project now even has an ARM assembler that is written in Lisp whose source code (GitHub) fits on a mere two A4-sized pages.

Neil McAllister honors Dennis Ritchie and John McCarthy by recalling their profound, lasting contributions to software development.

Because of this syntax, Lisp makes it easy to write code that writes more code. These capabilities have allowed the little b team to craft a biology-specific, high-level language inside the more ...