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		dschiptsov on June 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Write a Lisp Interpreter in Python (2010) Now tell us, please, how looping constructs in CL aren't DSLs and how it how it contradicts your definitions. hint: the term DSL was popularized by SICP. One needs high-order procedures to implement a simple DSL, the feature which wasn't available in most language but Lisps.

_pfxa on June 1, 2014 [–]

Well, looping constructs are not related to a particular domain (e.g. electronic circuit design), but are general purpose construct.

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