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William Byrd Explains a Lisp Interpreter Written in Lisp

PapersWeLove · Talk · YouTube title: William Byrd on "The Most Beautiful Program Ever Written" [PWL NYC]
Why it's here

HN repeatedly recommends it as an amazing talk that derives the essence of Lisp and shows miniKanren-style program synthesis.

What it covers

William Byrd presents at Papers We Love NYC on what he calls the most beautiful program ever written, a Lisp interpreter written in Lisp. He walks through the metacircular interpreter and related ideas, and demos relational programming and program synthesis near the end.