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its_lisp [2020/04/15 21:11]
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its_lisp [2022/05/23 03:10] (current)
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 The ITS Lisp is called Maclisp, or PDP-10 Maclisp if necessary to disambiguate it against [[Multics Maclisp]].  Its direct ancestor is [[its_pdp6_lisp|PDP-6 LISP]]. The ITS Lisp is called Maclisp, or PDP-10 Maclisp if necessary to disambiguate it against [[Multics Maclisp]].  Its direct ancestor is [[its_pdp6_lisp|PDP-6 LISP]].
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 +The biggest difference between Multics Maclisp is PDP-10 version does not have "real" string data type, the PDP-10 Maclisp string is just a symbol with a special property been set. The good news is the ''format'' pretty printer function is still available to build strings with complex contents.
  
 **A sample MACLISP session on ITS using LEDIT MODE in EMACS** **A sample MACLISP session on ITS using LEDIT MODE in EMACS**
-//LEDIT will work on both [[its_topics|ITS}} and [[TOPS-20]] ;tnx1.0e6 to GLS//+//LEDIT will work on both [[its_topics|ITS]] and [[TOPS-20]] ;tnx1.0e6 to GLS//
              
       KA ITS 1648 DDT 1547 TTY 52               ;System herald       KA ITS 1648 DDT 1547 TTY 52               ;System herald
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