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 (15)

Label Occurrences
Common Lisp canonical 46
ANSI Common Lisp 1
Common Lisp (experimental/partial) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
CMUCL ⓘ
linked to: CMU Common Lisp

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

Racket (some ideas) ⓘ
linked to: Racket
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (60)

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

Scheme → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
Lisp → notableImplementation → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject linked to: Lisp programming language
Lisp → standardizedAs → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject linked to: Lisp programming language
Lisp → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject linked to: Lisp programming language
Scott Fahlman → knownFor → Common Lisp ⓘ
Maclisp → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
Common Lisp → hasSpecification → Common Lisp HyperSpec ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
Guy L. Steele Jr. → notableWork → Common Lisp ⓘ
Guy L. Steele Jr. → notableWork → Common Lisp the Language ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
Guy L. Steele Jr. → coDesigned → Common Lisp language ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
Kawa → supportsLanguage → Common Lisp (experimental/partial) ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
Clojure → influencedBy → Common Lisp ⓘ
ACL2 → basedOn → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject linked to: ACL2 theorem proving system
ACL2 → writtenIn → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject linked to: ACL2 theorem proving system
Matt Kaufmann → languageUsed → Common Lisp ⓘ
Matt Kaufmann → developsSoftwareIn → Common Lisp ⓘ
Arc → influencedBy → Common Lisp ⓘ
CMU Common Lisp → programmingLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
CMU Common Lisp → implementationLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
Zetalisp → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
Franz Lisp → influenced → Common Lisp ⓘ
ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004) → shortTitle → Common Lisp ⓘ
ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004) → languageSpecified → Common Lisp ⓘ
ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004) → defines → Common Lisp numerical tower ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004) → defines → Common Lisp reader ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
ANSI X3.226-1994 → shortTitle → ANSI Common Lisp ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
ANSI X3.226-1994 → defines → Common Lisp ⓘ
ANSI X3.226-1994 → subject → Common Lisp programming language ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
ANSI X3.226-1994 → specifies → Common Lisp type system ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
ANSI X3.226-1994 → standardizes → Common Lisp language core ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
ANSI X3.226-1994 → standardizes → Common Lisp reader syntax ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
Common Lisp Object System → partOf → Common Lisp ⓘ
Dylan → influencedBy → Common Lisp ⓘ
SBCL → implementsLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
SBCL → writtenIn → Common Lisp ⓘ
CLISP → implements → Common Lisp ⓘ
CLISP → hasProgrammingLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
Allegro CL → implements → Common Lisp ⓘ
Allegro CL → programmingLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
LispWorks → programmingLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
ECL → implementsLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
Clozure CL → implements → Common Lisp ⓘ
Clozure CL → language → Common Lisp ⓘ
Clozure CL → primaryLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
ABCL → programmingLanguage → Common Lisp ⓘ
ABCL → supportsStandard → Common Lisp ⓘ
Common Lisp Foundation (historical/related efforts) → mainFocus → Common Lisp ⓘ
Common Lisp Foundation (historical/related efforts) → field → Common Lisp ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: Common Lisp
Common Lisp the Language → subject → Common Lisp ⓘ
subject linked to: CLtL (Common Lisp the Language) book
Common Lisp the Language → coversTopic → Common Lisp standard functions ⓘ
subject linked to: CLtL (Common Lisp the Language) book
linked to: Common Lisp