Maclisp

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Lisp dialect programming language implementation

Maclisp is an early and influential dialect of the Lisp programming language developed at MIT, notable for shaping later Lisp systems and language designs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Maclisp canonical	3
Multics Maclisp	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1261287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maclisp
Context triple: [Emacs Lisp, influencedBy, Maclisp]

A. Chez Scheme
Chez Scheme is a high-performance, optimizing implementation of the Scheme programming language widely used for both research and production systems.
B. Common Lisp
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.
C. Lisp programming language
Lisp is a pioneering high-level programming language, especially influential in artificial intelligence research and known for its symbolic processing and distinctive parenthesized syntax.
D. Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
The Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme is the series of formal documents that define and evolve the official specification of the Scheme programming language.
E. MIT Scheme
MIT Scheme is a long-standing, feature-rich implementation of the Scheme programming language developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, often used for teaching and research in computer science.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maclisp
Target entity description: Maclisp is an early and influential dialect of the Lisp programming language developed at MIT, notable for shaping later Lisp systems and language designs.

A. Chez Scheme
Chez Scheme is a high-performance, optimizing implementation of the Scheme programming language widely used for both research and production systems.
B. Common Lisp
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.
C. Lisp programming language
Lisp is a pioneering high-level programming language, especially influential in artificial intelligence research and known for its symbolic processing and distinctive parenthesized syntax.
D. Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
The Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme is the series of formal documents that define and evolve the official specification of the Scheme programming language.
E. MIT Scheme
MIT Scheme is a long-standing, feature-rich implementation of the Scheme programming language developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, often used for teaching and research in computer science.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lisp dialect ⓘ programming language implementation ⓘ
academicInstitution	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
basedOn	Lisp programming language ⓘ surface form: Lisp
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	MIT Project MAC ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
historicalRole	bridge between early Lisp 1.5 and later industrial Lisp dialects ⓘ important early Lisp for time-sharing systems ⓘ major influence on the design of Common Lisp ⓘ
inception	1960s ⓘ
influenced	Common Lisp ⓘ Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ surface form: Emacs Lisp Franz Lisp ⓘ Lisp Machine Lisp ⓘ Scheme implementations at MIT ⓘ Zetalisp ⓘ
license	proprietary (historically, MIT-distributed) ⓘ
locationOfDevelopment	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
notableApplication	early Emacs variants ⓘ early versions of Macsyma ⓘ
notableFeature	compiled and interpreted execution modes ⓘ fast numeric computation for its time ⓘ integration with time-sharing operating systems ⓘ lexical and dynamic scoping mechanisms (historically evolving) ⓘ powerful macro system ⓘ support for arrays and numeric types ⓘ
notablePerson	Guy L. Steele Jr. ⓘ Jon L. White ⓘ Richard Greenblatt ⓘ
paradigm	functional programming ⓘ symbolic programming ⓘ
platform	TOPS-10 ⓘ surface form: DEC TOPS-10 ITS (Incompatible Timesharing System) ⓘ PDP-10 ⓘ PDP-6 ⓘ TENEX operating system ⓘ surface form: TENEX TOPS-20 ⓘ
programmingLanguageFamily	Lisp programming language ⓘ surface form: Lisp
status	historical / discontinued ⓘ
supports	dynamic typing ⓘ first-class functions ⓘ garbage collection ⓘ recursive functions ⓘ
use	artificial intelligence research ⓘ language research and prototyping ⓘ symbolic computation ⓘ

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

Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) → influencedBy → Maclisp ⓘ

subject surface form: Emacs Lisp

Common Lisp → influencedBy → Maclisp ⓘ

Multics Emacs → programmingLanguage → Maclisp ⓘ

this entity surface form: Multics Maclisp

MIT AI Lab software environment → supportedProgrammingLanguage → Maclisp ⓘ

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