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key: pl/sbcl
kind: plang
name: "SBCL"
url: https://plangs.page/sbcl
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# SBCL

> Open-source, high-performance Common Lisp implementation derived from CMUCL.

Steel Bank Common Lisp is an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp that focuses on providing a high-performance compiler and a runtime environment for multi-paradigm programming. It is derived from CMUCL and extends its functionality with improved performance and type safety features.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1999
- Homepage: http://www.sbcl.org/
- GitHub: https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [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

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [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

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

### Influenced By

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

### Written With

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

### Licenses

- [BSD](https://plangs.page/license/bsd)
- [MIT](https://plangs.page/license/mit)
- [PD](https://plangs.page/license/public-domain)

### Tags

- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)