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Hofstadter on Lisp (1983)

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372 points Eric_WVGG | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dahart ◴[16 Oct 24 15:21 UTC] No.41860159[source]▶
> Why is most AI work done in Lisp?

That’s changed, of course, but it remained true for at least another 15 or 20 years after this article was written and then changed rather quickly, perhaps cemented with deep neural networks and GPUs.

Other than running the emacs ecosystem, what else is Lisp being used for commonly these days?

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1. chromaton ◴[16 Oct 24 17:27 UTC] No.41861541[source]▶
AutoCAD automation?
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2. fuzztester ◴[16 Oct 24 18:28 UTC] No.41862161[source]▶
Yes. AutoLisp was available from the early days of AutoCAD. I didn't use it much myself. I just helped some mechanical engineers with it in a company where I worked, in small ways, just tinkering, really. At that time I was quite junior, so I didn't really grasp the power of it, so I didn't play around with it much.