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Lisp

functional programming language based on the lambda calculus
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Lisp

Summary

Lisp is a multi-paradigm programming language[1]. Lisp draws 4,643 Wikipedia views per month (multi_paradigm_programming_language category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lisp was influenced by Information Processing Language[3].
  • Lisp's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language[4].
  • Lisp's instance of is recorded as functional programming language[5].
  • Lisp's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[6].
  • Lisp's instance of is recorded as reflective programming language[7].
  • Lisp's instance of is recorded as metaprogramming language[8].
  • Lisp's instance of is recorded as interpreted language[9].
  • Lisp's developer is recorded as John McCarthy[10].
  • Lisp's developer is recorded as Steve Russell[11].
  • Lisp's designed by is recorded as John McCarthy[12].
  • Lisp is used for artificial intelligence[13].
  • Lisp is used for computer programming[14].
  • Lisp is used for creating[15].
  • Lisp is used for analysis[16].
  • Lisp is used for content analysis[17].
  • Lisp's Commons category is recorded as Lisp (programming language)[18].
  • January 1, 1958 marks the founding of Lisp[19].
  • Lisp was published on 1958[20].
  • Lisp was published on January 15, 1959[21].
  • Lisp's mascot is recorded as The Lisp alien[22].
  • Lisp's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lisp (programming language)[23].
  • Lisp's described at URL is recorded as https://tapor.ca/tools/495[24].
  • Lisp's described at URL is recorded as https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/iheHw8[25].
  • Lisp's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/lisp[26].
  • Lisp's different from is recorded as lisp[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include multi-paradigm programming language[4], functional programming language[5], procedural programming language[6], reflective programming language[7], metaprogramming language[8], and interpreted language[9].

History and Context

January 1, 1958 marks the founding of Lisp[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lisp include Mocklisp[28].

Why It Matters

Lisp draws 4,643 Wikipedia views per month (multi_paradigm_programming_language category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] Lisp has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Lisp is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Lisp has been cited as an influence by Python[31], an object-based language[32], founded in 1991[33]; Smalltalk[34], an object-based language[35], founded in 1972[36]; Clojure[37], a programming language[38], founded in 2007[39]; Forth[40], a programming language[41], founded in 1970[42]; Logo[43], an educational programming language[44], founded in 1967[45]; and Tcl[46], a scripting language[47], founded in 1988[48].

Entities named for Lisp include Mocklisp[28].

FAQs

Who did Lisp influence?

Lisp has been cited as an influence by Python[31], Smalltalk[34], Clojure[37], and Forth[40].

Related Entities

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  7. [10] ↑ . www-formal.stanford.edu. Retrieved . www-formal.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . dreamsongs.com. Retrieved . dreamsongs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [20] ↑ . www-formal.stanford.edu. Retrieved . www-formal.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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