LISP facts for kids
Lisp is a special kind of programming language. Think of a programming language as a set of instructions you give to a computer. Lisp is one of the oldest programming languages still used today! Only Fortran is a little bit older.
Lisp was created by a smart person named John McCarthy in 1958. That's a long time ago! Some of the most popular versions of Lisp you might hear about are Common Lisp, Scheme, and Clojure. Many ideas that are now common in other programming languages actually started with Lisp.
Lisp is known for how it organizes information, often using something called "linked lists." This is just a way for the computer to keep track of different pieces of data. The basic ideas behind Lisp are not too hard to learn. There's even a version of Lisp called Logo that was made especially for kids. Logo can help young people learn how to think like a programmer and solve problems!
Your First Lisp Program
This section shows a very simple Lisp program. It's often called a "Hello World" program because it just makes the computer say "Hello world!"
(display "Hello world!")Images for kids
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A manual for Franz Lisp from the University of Wisconsin.
See also
In Spanish: Lisp para niños
