Lush: The Hidden Pioneer Behind Early Deep Learning

We explore Lush, a Lisp-inspired language with strong typing and seamless C interoperability, designed for researchers tackling large-scale numerical and graphics tasks. We'll unpack its hybrid interpreter/compiled design, multi-dimensional arrays, built-in graphics toolkit, and how it helped fuel early deep learning (e.g., Lynette 5). We’ll also discuss why the language faded as Python‑based ecosystems rose, and the lasting lessons Lush offers for the future of programming languages.

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