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key: pl/emacs-lisp
kind: plang
name: "Emacs Lisp"
url: https://plangs.page/emacs-lisp
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# Emacs Lisp

> Lisp dialect for extending the Emacs editor.

Dialect of Lisp used for extending the Emacs editor, providing a powerful scripting environment and enabling extensive customization.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1985
- Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs
- GitHub: https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs
- Languish ranking: #73

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Extensible](https://plangs.page/paradigm/extensible)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [Metaprog](https://plangs.page/paradigm/metaprogramming)
- [Reflective](https://plangs.page/paradigm/reflective)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

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

### Dialect of

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

### Implements

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

### Influenced By

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

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Licenses

- [GPL](https://plangs.page/license/gnu-gpl)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Editor](https://plangs.page/tag/editor)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Shell](https://plangs.page/tag/shell)