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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Lisp Eval in C or C++
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Date: 4 Apr 91 22:37:48 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.182329.5513@searchtech.com> belinda@searchtech.com
(Belinda Hoshstrasser) writes:
>We are involved in redoing a large expert system in C++.  It was
>originally written in Lisp. ... Has anyone out there ever implemented
>eval in C or C++?

What this all boils down to is:

	We have a program in Lisp.  We want to reimplement it in
	C++ syntax with Lisp semantics.

If you want Lisp semantics, you might as well use Lisp syntax: you
already have the original anyway.  There exist good Lisp compilers
for many Lisp dialects, so the argument for converting the program
should not hinge on compiled-vs-interpreted.
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