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In Lisp programming language, M-expressions (or meta-expressions) were an early proposed syntax for the Lisp, inspired by contemporary languages such as Fortran and ALGOL. The notation was never implemented into the language and, as such, it was never finalized.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Fortran | instance of | inspired by contemporary languages | 0.80 | text |
| ALGOL | instance of | inspired by contemporary languages | 0.80 | text |
| M-expression | related to background | John McCarthy | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | Lisp | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | Massachusetts Institute | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | Technology | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | In | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | S-expressions | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | Then | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | M-expressions | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | Finally | 0.60 | section |
| M-expression | related to background | The | 0.60 | section |
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