FEXPRs vs. vtable: how LispE interpreter works

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LispEFEXPRsprogramming language designcompilerinterpreteroptimizationevaluationimmutable objects

Author: birdculture

Date: 6/23/2026

Article Summary:
This article discusses the design of LispE, a programming language that combines the benefits of interpreters and compilers, using a technique called FEXPRs (Function Expressions) to evaluate instructions as objects that can be optimized by the compiler.