INTERLISP
\ˌɪntəlˈɪsp], \ˌɪntəlˈɪsp], \ˌɪ_n_t_ə_l_ˈɪ_s_p]\
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A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt,Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant ofBBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It iscurrently[?] supported by Xerox PARC.Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the otherbeing MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in aneffort to combine the best features of both. Interlispincludes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamicallyscoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDAfunctions do not. Any function could be called with optionalarguments.See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.["Interlisp Programming Manual", W. Teitelman, TR, Xerox RecCtr 1975].
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).