Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and Their Computation by Machine, Part I
John McCarthy, “Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and Their Computation by Machine, Part I”. Communications of the ACM, April 1960 (published April 1960).
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- Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and Their Computation by Machine, Part I Author's site (www-formal.stanford.edu) · published 1960-04 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 3d981849e59505eff3f14397a177b409f5d978d43d114bdd67c956e74320fc92). LaTeX copy on the author's site, 'Copied with minor notational changes from CACM, April 1960'
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