Lisp with copying GC in 537 lines of C (plus Lisp 1.5 on top)
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Lisp with copying GC in 537 lines of C (plus Lisp 1.5 on top) launched on October 14, 2018 with 152 votes, #189 of 2,827 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.
In plain words
This is a lightweight Lisp interpreter implemented in 537 lines of C, featuring a copying garbage collector. It includes Lisp 1.5 functionality built on top of the core implementation. The project is designed for developers and programming language enthusiasts interested in understanding how functional programming languages and memory management work. It demonstrates that a working Lisp system can be built with minimal code while maintaining essential features like automatic memory management.
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