Fundamental Problems of Lisp, the Cons Cell (2024)

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@Scmbradley

Way back in the last millennium I started work on a programming style I called an #IdeaProcessor, where an “idea” is a pointer to a “form” and a form is a minimal type of record containing 1 character, 1 number, and 4 more ideas.

I implemented a functional style where all the main functions are transformations of one or more ideas into a return idea.

The principal data type is an “idea-form flag” that serves a role analogous to a #ConsCell in #Lisp.

Here's one entry point —

Theme One Program • Exposition 1
• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/06/15/theme-one-program-exposition-1-2/