https://github.com/fluentpython/lispy

Learning with Peter Norvig's lis.py interpreter
https://github.com/fluentpython/lispy

evaluator lisp parser pattern-matching python scheme

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Learning with Peter Norvig's lis.py interpreter

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fluentpython/lispy
• Owner: fluentpython
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-06-19T20:17:52.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-06T13:50:47.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T22:34:28.272Z (13 days ago)
• Topics: evaluator, lisp, parser, pattern-matching, python, scheme
• Language: Scheme
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.75 MB
• Stars: 237
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 33
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Learning with lis.py

This repository contains variations of Peter Norvig's

[`lis.py` interpreter](https://github.com/norvig/pytudes/blob/c33cd6835a506a57d9fe73e3a8317d49babb13e8/py/lis.py)

for a subset of [Scheme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language)),

described in his post [(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))](https://norvig.com/lispy.html).

## Provenance, Copyright and License

`lis.py` is

[published](https://github.com/norvig/pytudes/blob/c33cd6835a506a57d9fe73e3a8317d49babb13e8/py/lis.py)

in the [norvig/pytudes](https://github.com/norvig/pytudes) repository on Github.

The copyright holder is Peter Norvig and the code is licensed under the

[MIT license](https://github.com/norvig/pytudes/blob/60168bce8cdfacf57c92a5b2979f0b2e95367753/LICENSE).

Unless otherwise noted, I wrote the changes and additions described in the README files in each directory.

## References

### Articles

* Norvig, Peter: [(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))](https://norvig.com/lispy.html)

* Norvig, Peter: [(An ((Even Better) Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))](https://norvig.com/lispy2.html)

* Graham, Paul: [The Roots of Lisp](http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html)

* Steele, Guy Lewis, Jr.; Sussman, Gerald Jay: [The Art of the Interpreter, or the Modularity Complex](https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6094)

* McCarthy, John: [Recursive functions of symbolic expressions and their computation by machine, Part I](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/367177.367199) 🔒

### Books

* Abelson, Harold; Sussman, Gerald Jay; Sussman, Julie: [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Second Edition](https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html) (SICP)

* Dybvig, R. Kent: [The Scheme Programming Language, Fourth Edition](https://scheme.com/tspl4/) (TSPL)

* Harvey, Brian; Wright, Matthew: [Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science, Second Edition](https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ss-toc2.html)

* Friedman, Daniel P.; Felleisen, Matthias: [The Little Schemer, Fourth Edition](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/little-schemer-fourth-edition) 🔒

* Butterick, Mathew: [Beautiful Racket—an introduction to language-oriented programming using Racket](https://beautifulracket.com/)

* Felleisen, Matthias; Findler, Robert Bruce; Flatt, Matthew; Krishnamurthi, Shriram: [How to Design Programs, Second Edition](https://htdp.org/)

* Krishnamurthi, Shriram: [Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation](https://www.plai.org/) (PLAI)

* Sperber, Michael; et. al. [Revised6 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme](http://www.r6rs.org/) (R6RS)

### Interpreters and tools

* [Racket](https://racket-lang.org/): "the Language-Oriented Programming Language"

* [GNU Guile](https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/): "GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extensions"

* [Chicken Scheme](https://www.call-cc.org/): "a practical and portable Scheme system"

* [A Meta-Circular Interpreter for Scheme](https://scheme.com/tspl4/examples.html#./examples:h7): example 12.7 from TSPL

* [McCarthy's original Lisp](references/jmc.lisp) converted to Common Lisp by Paul Graham ([local copy](references/jmc.lisp), [original download](https://sep.yimg.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/jmc.lisp?t=1595850613))

*Luciano Ramalho*


São Paulo, August 23, 2021