From The
FreeOnLineDictionaryOfComputing:
A dialect of the
LispLanguage developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of {BBN-Lisp}. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently supported by {Xerox PARC} [
XeroxParc].
Interlisp was once one of two main branches of LISP (the other being {
MacLisp}). In 1981 {
CommonLisp} was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is {Dynamically
Scoped} [uses
DynamicScoping]. NLAMBDA functions do not evaluate their arguments. Any function could be called with optional arguments.
["Interlisp Programming Manual", W. Teitelman, TR, Xerox Rec Ctr 1975].
I recommend ["INTERLISP : the language and its usage", S.H. Kaisler, John Wiley & Sons, 1986], sometimes titled just "INTERLISP".
Also see
TheEvolutionOfLisp.
CategoryLisp CategoryHistory