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mailmaverick

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Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« on: February 02, 2015, 04:02:53 AM »
Dear All

All of us have been using so much of LISP in our day to day routine. We cannot imagine our lives without LISP, per say.

In fact, when I ponder at it, I feel that invention of LISP in CAD softwares is all the most important, even more important that operating systems and other softwares.

LISP has saved billions of (monotonous) hours of working for CAD professionals and has helped pace the planning and design of projects in a long way.

Few years ago, when I learnt AUTOCAD, i did not even know LISP exists and did all the works manually.

It was only after few years, I came to know about LISP and believe me, probably, I use LISP more than AUTOCAD now.

Now its been five years that I know about LISP and believe me, till date, it keeps surprising me with new possibilities.

Hats off to the person who invented LISP for CAD softwares. By the way, who was that great man ?
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2015, 05:07:17 AM »
David Betz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoLISP

Your turn :
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mailmaverick

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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2015, 06:22:33 AM »
Its easy : Larry Page, Sergey Brin
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2015, 07:52:30 AM »
For those of us who were developers before working with AutoCAD, LISP is a nightmare. Even after working with it the last three years I still have trouble following code written by my predecessor.  Just wanted it to be known not everyone thinks LISP was a good thing.

LISP = Lost In Stupid Parenthesis
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2015, 08:19:38 AM »
Quote from: MexicanCustard on February 02, 2015, 07:52:30 AM
For those of us who were developers before working with AutoCAD, LISP is a nightmare. Even after working with it the last three years I still have trouble following code written by my predecessor.  Just wanted it to be known not everyone thinks LISP was a good thing.

LISP = Lost In Stupid Parenthesis
I think that you have not had a good predecessor...
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2015, 08:46:15 AM »
LISP was my third language, and I came to it reluctantly (pretty much forced to learn it by a previous employer). In time I came to recognize its strengths and went about exploiting them. It's a very important tool, to blanket dismiss it is like saying phillips head screw drivers suck.

In before the screw jokes.
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2015, 10:21:35 AM »
Quote from: MP on February 02, 2015, 08:46:15 AM
LISP ...... In time I came to recognize its strengths and went about exploiting them. It's a very important tool, to blanket dismiss it is like saying phillips head screw drivers suck.

Agreed. ^^^^^^^^^^^

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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2015, 10:47:12 AM »
I haven't been a big fan of slot head screws since I got my first impact screw gun.  :-)
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2015, 04:41:51 PM »
I would say lisp is more like a "Robertson" screw head.

Not as a big a following as the Phillips, but works so great!

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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2015, 05:34:51 PM »
I didn't know what a LISP Defun was until Fall 2009, so as the language that took my programming cherry, it has a special place in my otherwise cold, iron fist of a heart that only on a rare occasion relaxes it's grip just enough for rays, of what I've heard others refer to as 'love', to shine through.
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2015, 07:52:23 AM »
Quote from: BlackBox on February 02, 2015, 05:34:51 PM
I didn't know what a LISP Defun was until Fall 2009...

Okay....quit bragging...  ;)
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2015, 07:54:24 AM »
Quote from: BlackBox on February 02, 2015, 05:34:51 PM
.. it has a special place in my otherwise cold, iron fist of a heart that only on a rare occasion relaxes it's grip just enough for rays, of what I've heard others refer to as 'love', to shine through.
That was deep BB!
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2015, 09:30:04 AM »
Quote from: rkmcswain on February 03, 2015, 07:52:23 AM
Quote from: BlackBox on February 02, 2015, 05:34:51 PM
I didn't know what a LISP Defun was until Fall 2009...

Okay....quit bragging...  ;)

... I merely have an exceptional ability to retain others' wisdom.  :-P


Quote from: tedg on February 03, 2015, 07:54:24 AM
Quote from: BlackBox on February 02, 2015, 05:34:51 PM
.. it has a special place in my otherwise cold, iron fist of a heart that only on a rare occasion relaxes it's grip just enough for rays, of what I've heard others refer to as 'love', to shine through.
That was deep BB!

What can I say, I'm turning into a big softie these days. :angel:



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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2015, 09:44:15 AM »
Softie!? Rub some dirt on it and get back to coding! ...You obviously didn't get any of that knowledge from me because I got my training techniques from the movie Dodgeball. -e.g. If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball! -i.e. I trained Ninjas and Ninjas don't get soft.
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Re: Who was inventor of AutoLISP ?
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2015, 09:49:55 AM »
Quote from: John Kaul (Se7en) on February 03, 2015, 09:44:15 AM
Softie!? Rub some dirt on it and get back to coding! ...You obviously didn't get any of that knowledge from me because I got my training techniques from the movie Dodgeball. -e.g. If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball! -i.e. I trained Ninjas and Ninjas don't get soft.

:-D
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