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Lisper vs Lister - What's the difference?

lisper | lister |

As nouns the difference between lisper and lister

is that lisper is one who has a lisp while lister is a spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

As a proper noun Lister is

{{surname|lang=en}.

lisper

English

Alternative forms

* Lisper (Lisp programmer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who has a lisp.
  • (programming) Someone who programs in the computer language LISP.

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    * * * * * * English agent nouns

    lister

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    * leister (fish spear)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
  • * 1984 , John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers (page 113)
    • A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords
  • A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
    • Related terms
    * list * listing

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