LISP innovations (2026)

By Xah Lee. Date: .

LISP's contribution to programing languages

the amazing C idiots.

LISP invented:

  1. auto memory
  2. dynamic typing
  3. tree data structure
  4. recursion
  5. REPL (interactive programing).
  6. functional programing (function as values)
  7. symbolic programing
  8. homoiconicity
  9. macros (program writing programs)
  10. error handling (catch and throw)

old programing languages