[W/K] :: Lisp

  Lisp \Lisp\ (l[i^]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lisped (l[i^]spt);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp
     stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G.
     lispeln, Sw. l[aum]spa, Dan. lespe.]
     1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s
        and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
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     2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as
        a child learning to talk.
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              As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame,
              I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope.
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     3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
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              Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
                                                    --Drayton.
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  LISP \LISP\ (l[i^]sp), n. (Computers) [List Processing.]
     a high-level computer programming language in which
     statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in
     parentheses; -- used especially for rapid development of
     prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications .
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  Lisp \Lisp\, v. t.
     1. To pronounce with a lisp.
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     2. To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with
        words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child
        speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike
        language.
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              To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to
              lisp the words unto them according as the babes and
              children of that age might sound them again.
                                                    --Tyndale.
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     3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or
        confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
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  Lisp \Lisp\, n.
     The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.
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           I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, "O!
           Strephon, you are a dangerous creature." --Tatler.
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  lisp
       n 1: a speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless
            th and z like voiced th
       2: a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that
          manipulates symbols in the form of lists [syn: list-processing
          language]
       v : speak with a lisp

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "lisp":
     aphonia, artificial voice, assibilate, assibilation, broken speech,
     broken tones, broken voice, buzz, childish treble, choked voice,
     cracked voice, croak, crow, drawl, dysarthria, dyslalia, dyslogia,
     dysphasia, dysphonia, dysphrasia, effervesce, effervescence,
     effervescing, falsetto, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication,
     frictional rustling, harshness, hawking voice, hiss, hissing,
     hoarseness, hush, hushing, idioglossia, idiolalia,
     impairment of speech, lisping, loss of voice, mince, muzzy speech,
     nasal tone, nasalization, quaver, rhonchus, shake, shush, shushing,
     sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing,
     sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore,
     snort, snuff, snuffle, speech defect, speech impediment, spit,
     splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor,
     swish, talk incoherently, tremor, twang, wheeze, whish, whistle,
     whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zip
  
  

  LISP
       LISt Processor (LISP)
       
       

  LISP
       Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (LISP, slang)
       
       

  LISP n. [from `LISt Processing language', but mythically from `Lots of
     Irritating Superfluous Parentheses'] AI's mother tongue, a language
     based on the ideas of (a) variable-length lists and trees as fundamental
     data types, and (b) the interpretation of code as data and vice-versa.
     Invented by John McCarthy at MIT in the late 1950s, it is actually older
     than any other HLL still in use except FORTRAN. Accordingly, it has
     undergone considerable adaptive radiation over the years; modern
     variants are quite different in detail from the original LISP 1.5. The
     dominant HLL among hackers until the early 1980s, LISP now shares the
     throne with C. Its partisans claim it is the only language that is
     truly beautiful. See languages of choice.
  
     All LISP functions and programs are expressions that return values;
     this, together with the high memory utilization of LISPs, gave rise to
     Alan Perlis's famous quip (itself a take on an Oscar Wilde quote) that
     "LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing".
  
     One significant application for LISP has been as a proof by example
     that most newer languages, such as COBOL and Ada, are full of
     unnecessary crocks. When the Right Thing has already been done once,
     there is no justification for bogosity in newer languages.
  
  

  Lisp
       
           LISt Processing language.
       
          (Or mythically "Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses").
          Artificial Intelligence's mother tongue, a symbolic,
          functional, recursive language based on the ideas of
          lambda-calculus, variable-length lists and trees as
          fundamental data types and the interpretation of code as data
          and vice-versa.
       
          Data objects in Lisp are lists and atoms.  Lists may contain
          lists and atoms.  Atoms are either numbers or symbols.
          Programs in Lisp are themselves lists of symbols which can be
          treated as data.  Most implementations of Lisp allow functions
          with side-effects but there is a core of Lisp which is
          purely functional.
       
          All Lisp functions and programs are expressions that return
          values; this, together with the high memory use of Lisp, gave
          rise to Alan Perlis's famous quip (itself a take on an Oscar
          Wilde quote) that "Lisp programmers know the value of
          everything and the cost of nothing".
       
          The original version was LISP 1, invented by John McCarthy
           at MIT in the late 1950s.  Lisp is
          actually older than any other high level language still in
          use except Fortran.  Accordingly, it has undergone
          considerable change over the years.  Modern variants are quite
          different in detail.  The dominant HLL among hackers until
          the early 1980s, Lisp now shares the throne with C.  See
          languages of choice.
       
          One significant application for Lisp has been as a proof by
          example that most newer languages, such as COBOL and Ada,
          are full of unnecessary crocks.  When the Right Thing has
          already been done once, there is no justification for
          bogosity in newer languages.
       
          See also Association of Lisp Users, Common Lisp, Franz
          Lisp, MacLisp, Portable Standard Lisp, Interlisp,
          Scheme, ELisp, Kamin's interpreters.
       
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          (1995-04-16)
       
       

  *LISP
       
          (StarLISP) A data-parallel extension of Common LISP for
          the Connection Machine, uses "{pvars".
       
          A *LISP simulator
          (ftp://think.com/public/starsim-f19-sharfile).
       
          E-mail: ,
          .
       
          [Cliff Lasser, Jeff Mincy, J.P. Massar, Thinking Machines
          Corporation  "The Essential *LISP Manual", TM Corp 1986].
       
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