Lecture 7A | MIT 6.001 Structure and Interpretation, 1986

Why it was recommended

thanks to this classic video of Sussman

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What it covers

Lecture 7A of the 1986 MIT 6.001 SICP course, with Gerald Sussman presenting the metacircular evaluator, part 1. It shows how a Lisp evaluator can be written in Lisp itself. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

MIT OpenCourseWare

Length

1 hr 24 min

Year

2009

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