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: David MoonScott E. FahlmanCommon Lisp committee, J13
Developed by: Richard P. Gabriel
Aliases: CL

Wikidata: Q849146

Influenced: AspectJClojureDylanEmacs LispEuLispISLISPRRakuScalaSubL

Influenced by: InterlispLispLisp Machine LispMaclispScheme

Programming paradigms: functional programminggeneric programmingmulti-paradigm programmingmetaprogrammingobject-oriented programmingreflective programmingprocedural programming

Language types: procedural programming languagefunctional programming languageobject-based languagemulti-paradigm programming language

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Latest data update: 2026-07-07