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Lisp from Nothing, Second Edition

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366 points nils-m-holm | 3 comments | 27 Aug 25 09:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. hermitcrab ◴[29 Aug 25 22:38 UTC] No.45070199[source]▶
The title "Lisp from nothing"

doesn't seem to fit with:

"INTENDED AUDIENCE This is not an introduction to LISP."

on page 10.

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2. gentooflux ◴[29 Aug 25 22:52 UTC] No.45070306[source]▶
Nothing as in "from scratch", as opposed to Nothing as in "Visual Basic's NULL".
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3. nils-m-holm ◴[30 Aug 25 09:06 UTC] No.45073142[source]▶
Yes, the book is about the bootstrapping of LISP, both in a historical and practical context. Hence "from nothing".