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| Inside the ROM of the the computer Commodore C64 there was a language Basic, because at the time it was very common and it's a light language that works with minimal resources. A better language, that can fit in that space, is probably FORTH, that with few KBs or RAM allowed a compiler too. With a quick search I have found two Lisp interpreters (LIMP and Micro-LISP): http://www.npsnet.com/danf/cbm/language I have tried Micro-LISP V.2.5 by Nicholas Vrtis (non commercial distribution allowed): http://www.fantascienza.net/leonardo/bl Inside the zip there is the mlisp program ready to run on C64, a text file of the commands, the original almost-zlh archive, etc. To run it I have used the WinVICE-1.21 emulator, but probably it works on other emulators too. It's not a commercial product, so is not much good, and there are few bugs left, but it seem to work well enough. Few screenshoots (under a cut): ( Read more... ) | ||||||||
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