When I first read Guy Steele's 2nd edition of Common LISP, the Language in the early 90s I remember thinking "This is a huge language, how could anyone implement this reliably?"
A recent pass through that book, and the language actually seems small. Not trivial, but definitely doable by a smallish group of people in a reasonable amount of time. Implementing a browser DOM plus JavaScript, or a C++ compiler, seems a lot more daunting.
A recent pass through that book, and the language actually seems small. Not trivial, but definitely doable by a smallish group of people in a reasonable amount of time. Implementing a browser DOM plus JavaScript, or a C++ compiler, seems a lot more daunting.