Lisp languages stem from the general concept of representing a program as a data structure made up of lists. Hence, LISt Processing. There are a lot of variations in how things can work though, for example how variables are scoped and bound, how variables and functions are referenced, the built-in functions, how macros work, etc. You should do a bit of wikipedia reading and googling though, because this is a rich, interesting topic that is worth exploring, and it is probably too general a question for this list.
Cheers, Jeff HB wrote: > Hey, > Clojure is described as a modern dialect of LISP. > What is a "LISP dialect"? > Thanks. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---