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Why is Lisp so often connected to Symbolic Computing,

We know that mathematics has both symbolic and numerical calculation. But why is Lisp , as a general programming language, more closely related to symbolic computation?

What parts of Lisp help you deal with symbolic problems?

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At that time, symbols were a first-class object in Lisp, and even more so in other languages. Most other languages ​​focused on numerical calculations (1 + 2 + SIN (PI / 2)).

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