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title: "A Student-Oriented Natural Language Environment For Learning LISP"
authors:
  - "R. Hart"
  - "Elliot B. Koffman"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/62"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/0062.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1975
pages: "391-395"
track: "Natural Language Understanding"
keywords:
---

# A Student-Oriented Natural Language Environment For Learning LISP

R. Hart, Elliot B. Koffman

*Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 391-395.

## Abstract

A computer-based instructional environment for students learning LISP is described. Its design includes a LISP interpreter with an extended error-handling capability for evaluating functions written by students. Students can ask questions in natural language about LISP in general and concerning specific LISP functions which they have defined. A fuzzy parser interprets the student requests .and builds a LISP function which operates on a semantic network to determine its response.