Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?

[zimoun]

Hi,

On lun., 26 sept. 2022 at 09:19, Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech> wrote:

>> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for
>> nothing (AFAIK). :-)

> In s-expression it doesn't stand for symbolic expression?

It is what Wikipedia say: :-)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression

And the McCarthy’s article from 1960 uses this nomenclature.

    http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/recursive/node1.html


Cheers,
simon