Developer reconstructs PDP-1 Lisp from 1960, traces roots of modern computing

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A deep dive into one of computing's earliest Lisp implementations reveals how foundational concepts like symbolic computation shaped decades of programming languages. For makers interested in language design or computing history, this archaeological work documents what worked—and what didn't—in the constraints of 1960s hardware.

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