RLISP '88: AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO PROGRAM DESIGN AND REUSE (World Scientific Series in Computer Science)

The RLISP '88 programming system introduces an evolutionary approach to software development that enables small groups of programmers to advance the state of the art over a period of many years. Each new system is built on top of the old; yet, like an Irishman's hammer, little remains of the original program code. This book presents a style of durable programming for domain specialists and computer scientists alike. Exercises at the end of each chapter encourage its use as a textbook.