Common Lisp

E133804
Lisp dialect multi-paradigm programming language programming language

Common Lisp is a powerful, multi-paradigm dialect of the Lisp programming language standardised in the 1980s, known for its rich macro system, dynamic typing, and suitability for large-scale, extensible software systems.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Common Lisp canonical 12
Common Lisp (experimental/partial) 1
Common Lisp HyperSpec 1

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lisp dialect ⓘ
multi-paradigm programming language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
evaluationStrategy eager evaluation ⓘ
fileExtension .cl ⓘ
.lisp ⓘ
.lsp ⓘ
hasCommunityOrganization Common Lisp Foundation (historical/related efforts) ⓘ
hasDesignGoal backward compatibility with earlier Lisps ⓘ
extensibility ⓘ
suitability for large-scale software systems ⓘ
hasFeature Common Lisp Object System ⓘ
arrays ⓘ
bignums ⓘ
complex numbers ⓘ
condition system ⓘ
dynamic redefinition of classes ⓘ
dynamic redefinition of functions ⓘ
hash tables ⓘ
introspection and reflection ⓘ
keyword arguments ⓘ
macro system ⓘ
multiple numeric types ⓘ
optional arguments ⓘ
package system ⓘ
pathnames ⓘ
ratio numbers ⓘ
reader macro system ⓘ
rest arguments ⓘ
sequence functions ⓘ
streams ⓘ
structures ⓘ
symbol properties ⓘ
hasImplementation ABCL ⓘ
Allegro CL ⓘ
CLISP ⓘ
CMU Common Lisp ⓘ
surface form: CMUCL

Clozure CL ⓘ
ECL ⓘ
LispWorks ⓘ
SBCL ⓘ
hasSpecification Common Lisp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Common Lisp HyperSpec
hasStandardLibrary Common Lisp standard functions and macros ⓘ
hasTypingDiscipline dynamic typing ⓘ
strong typing (practically) ⓘ
influenced Clojure ⓘ
Dylan ⓘ
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
surface form: Emacs Lisp (later features)

Racket ⓘ
surface form: Racket (some ideas)
influencedBy Interlisp ⓘ
Maclisp ⓘ
Scheme (to some extent) ⓘ
Zetalisp ⓘ
paradigm functional programming ⓘ
imperative programming ⓘ
meta-programming ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ
primarySyntaxStyle S-expressions ⓘ
standardDocument ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004) ⓘ
ANSI X3.226-1994 ⓘ
standardizationBody ANSI ⓘ
standardizedIn 1980s ⓘ
supports closures ⓘ
compile-time evaluation ⓘ
conditions and restarts ⓘ
dynamic scoping (special variables) ⓘ
first-class functions ⓘ
foreign function interfaces (implementation-dependent) ⓘ
generic functions ⓘ
interactive development (REPL) ⓘ
lexical scoping ⓘ
macros ⓘ
multiple dispatch ⓘ
multiple inheritance ⓘ
multiple return values ⓘ
packages (namespaces) ⓘ
reader macros ⓘ
runtime code compilation ⓘ
symbolic AI programming (historically popular) ⓘ
symbolic computation ⓘ
tail-call optimization (implementation-dependent) ⓘ
usedFor artificial intelligence research ⓘ
domain-specific languages ⓘ
large, long-lived systems ⓘ
rapid prototyping ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scheme → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
Lisp programming language → notableImplementation → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisp
Lisp programming language → standardizedAs → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisp
Lisp programming language → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisp
Scott Fahlman → knownFor → Common Lisp ⓘ
Maclisp → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
Common Lisp → hasSpecification → Common Lisp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Lisp HyperSpec
Guy L. Steele Jr. → notableWork → Common Lisp ⓘ
Guy L. Steele Jr. → notableWork → Common Lisp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Lisp the Language
Guy L. Steele Jr. → coDesigned → Common Lisp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Lisp language
Kawa → supportsLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Lisp (experimental/partial)
Clojure → influencedBy → Common Lisp ⓘ
ACL2 theorem proving system → basedOn → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject surface form: ACL2
ACL2 theorem proving system → writtenIn → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject surface form: ACL2
Matt Kaufmann → languageUsed → Common Lisp ⓘ
Matt Kaufmann → developsSoftwareIn → Common Lisp ⓘ