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What is Lisp?
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"Lisp is a programmable programming language."
LISP is an acronym for LISt Processing. Its development history has often been associated with symbolic processing and with both
computer and human languages. A heterogeneous list data type has
always been built into the language in order to efficiently deal with
arbitrary and changing models.
From this basis, a number of features have come to be expected from
all members of the Lisp family of languages:
Lisp has evolved into a family of languages.
The two major dialects in use today are Common Lisp and Scheme. This web site deals mostly with
Common Lisp.
Lisp may be combined with other languages to
produce wide variety of applications.
There have been a number of comparisons
between Lisp and other languages.
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