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key: pl/common-lisp
kind: plang
name: "Common Lisp"
url: https://plangs.page/common-lisp
---

# Common Lisp

> A high-performance, ANSI-standardized Lisp dialect recognized for its flexibility and macro system, supporting multiple programming paradigms.

A multi-paradigm, high-performance, ANSI-standardized dialect of Lisp, known for its flexibility and powerful macro system. It supports procedural, functional, and object-oriented programming, and includes the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) for object-oriented capabilities. Common Lisp is praised for its support of dynamic and incremental development, iterative compilation, and allows real-time application modification and debugging. It offers cross-platform compatibility and remains influential in various domains such as artificial intelligence, rapid prototyping, and long-running server applications.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1984
- Homepage: https://common-lisp.net
- Languish ranking: #111

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Metaprog](https://plangs.page/paradigm/metaprogramming)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Reflective](https://plangs.page/paradigm/reflective)

### Platforms

- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)

### Type Systems

- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)

### Dialect of

- [Lisp](https://plangs.page/lisp)

### Dialects

- [SBCL](https://plangs.page/sbcl)

### Implements

- [Lisp](https://plangs.page/lisp)

### Implemented By

- [Clozure CL](https://plangs.page/clozure)

### Influenced By

- [Lisp](https://plangs.page/lisp)
- [R5RS](https://plangs.page/r5rs)
- [Scheme](https://plangs.page/scheme)

### Influenced

- [Clojure](https://plangs.page/clojure)
- [Emacs Lisp](https://plangs.page/emacs-lisp)
- [Hy](https://plangs.page/hy)
- [Julia](https://plangs.page/julia)
- [R](https://plangs.page/r)
- [Rakudo](https://plangs.page/rakudo)
- [SBCL](https://plangs.page/sbcl)
- [Scala](https://plangs.page/scala)

### Used to Write

- [Shen](https://plangs.page/shen)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Low Code](https://plangs.page/tag/low-code)
- [Mathematical Modeling](https://plangs.page/tag/modeling)
- [RAD](https://plangs.page/tag/rad)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Shell](https://plangs.page/tag/shell)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)
- [Wavelet](https://plangs.page/tag/wavelet)