Programming Language
Lisp Appeared 1960
Family of programming languages known for their fully parenthesized prefix notation and rich macro systems, initially developed for AI research. It is one of the oldest high-level programming languages still in use, with widespread influence on subsequent languages.
Descendants graph Descendants graph for Lisp: 27 languages it influenced, 80 influence links Lisp influenced Common Lisp R5RS influenced Common Lisp Scheme influenced Common Lisp Erlang influenced Elixir Lisp influenced Elixir Ruby influenced Elixir Lisp influenced Erlang Lisp influenced Extempore Scheme influenced Extempore Forth influenced Factor Lisp influenced Factor Lisp influenced Forth Lisp influenced Gambit Scheme influenced Gambit Lisp influenced Haskell R5RS influenced Haskell Scheme influenced Haskell Lisp influenced Io Lua influenced Io Lisp influenced JavaScript Lua influenced JavaScript Perl influenced JavaScript Python influenced JavaScript R5RS influenced JavaScript Scheme influenced JavaScript Common Lisp influenced Julia Lisp influenced Julia Lua influenced Julia Perl influenced Julia Python influenced Julia R influenced Julia R5RS influenced Julia Ruby influenced Julia Scheme influenced Julia Wolfram Language influenced Julia Lisp influenced Lua R5RS influenced Lua Scheme influenced Lua Lisp influenced Nim Python influenced Nim Lisp influenced Perl Haskell influenced Python Lisp influenced Python Perl influenced Python R5RS influenced Python Scheme influenced Python Common Lisp influenced R Lisp influenced R R5RS influenced R Scheme influenced R Lisp influenced R5RS Lisp influenced Racket R5RS influenced Racket Scheme influenced Racket Forth influenced Rebol Lisp influenced Rebol Lisp influenced Red Lua influenced Red Rebol influenced Red Lisp influenced Ruby Lua influenced Ruby Perl influenced Ruby Python influenced Ruby R5RS influenced Ruby Scheme influenced Ruby Common Lisp influenced Scala Erlang influenced Scala Haskell influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scala R5RS influenced Scala Scheme influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scheme Lisp influenced Squeak Lisp influenced SuperCollider Haskell influenced Swift Lisp influenced Swift Python influenced Swift Ruby influenced Swift Scala influenced Swift Lisp influenced Wolfram Language Lisp Scheme R5RS Perl Haskell Forth Erlang Common Lisp Lua Python R Rebol Scala Ruby Wolfram Language Extempore Factor Gambit Io Elixir JavaScript Julia Red Swift Nim Racket Squeak SuperCollider Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Showing the 27 most influential of the 29 languages Lisp directly influenced. 