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euccastro
on Jan 10, 2008
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One (programming) language for the rest of your li...
The other way round it's rather hard.
The hardest part would be finding a reason to do that.
mojuba
on Jan 10, 2008
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The reason would be to write a Lisp interpreter.
dreish
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You missed the "other way round" part.
eru
on Jan 11, 2008
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No, he did not. The reason to write a C compiler / interpreter in Lisp is that so you can then write an Lisp system on top of C and show off your 'uber-haxor skillz'.
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The hardest part would be finding a reason to do that.