Common Lisp

Common Lisp (CL) is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard document ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (S2018). The Common Lisp HyperSpec, a hyperlinked HTML version, has been derived from the ANSI Common Lisp standard. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1984
Designed by: Richard P. Gabriel • David Moon • Scott E. Fahlman
Developed by: Common Lisp committee, J13
Aliases: CL

Wikidata: Q849146

Influenced: AspectJ • Clojure • Dylan • Emacs Lisp • EuLisp • ISLISP • R • Raku • Scala • SubL

Influenced by: Interlisp • Lisp • Lisp Machine Lisp • Maclisp • Scheme

Programming paradigms: metaprogramming • procedural programming • reflective programming • generic programming • multi-paradigm programming • object-oriented programming • functional programming

Language types: functional programming language • procedural programming language • multi-paradigm programming language • object-based language

Common Lisp Influence Network

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Hello World in Common Lisp

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Latest data update: 2026-10-21