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Experience with a microprogrammed Interlisp system

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This paper presents the design of an Interlisp system running on a microprogrammed minicomputer. We discuss the constraints imposed by compatibility requirements and by the hardware, the important design decisions, and the most prominent successes and failures of our design, and offer some suggestions for future designers of small Lisp systems.

This extended abstract contains only qualitative results. Supporting measurement data will be presented at MICRO-11.

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          cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
          ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 9, Issue 4
          Dec. 1978
          160 pages
          ISSN:1050-916X
          DOI:10.1145/1014198
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