Features of Common Lisp

Courtesy Lambda the Ultimate - Programming Languages Weblog  Wed, 08/20/2008 - 14:28

A compelling description of the features that make CL the king of the Perl-Python-Ruby-PHP-Tcl-Lisp language ;)

Lisp is often promoted as a language preferable over others because it has certain features that are unique, well-integrated, or otherwise useful.

What follows is an attempt to highlight a selection of these features of standard Common Lisp, concisely, with appropriate illustrations.


 

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