meetups/meetup31-FunctionalProgramming/lisp_history/README.md
# _A little bit of LISP history_ by [Nikolas Vourlakis](https://github.com/Archimidis)
This talk is about the history of [__LISP__](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp) and its features that makes this language different and unique.
In this folder, you will find the slides used during the presentation. It also
includes reference papers and links.
* [Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and Their Computation by Machine, Part I](./papers/mcarthy_1960.pdf)
* [History of Lisp](./papers/history_of_lisp.pdf)
* [The Evolution of Lisp](./papers/the_evolution_of_lisp.pdf)
* [The Original 'Lambda Papers' by Guy Steele and Gerald Sussman](http://library.readscheme.org/page1.html)