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Emacs Lisp

dialect of Lisp used in GNU Emacs
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Emacs Lisp

Summary

Emacs Lisp is a programming language[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Emacs Lisp was influenced by Common Lisp[3].
  • Emacs Lisp was influenced by Maclisp[4].
  • Emacs Lisp's instance of is recorded as programming language[5].
  • Emacs Lisp's instance of is recorded as functional programming language[6].
  • Emacs Lisp's instance of is recorded as Lisp[7].
  • Emacs Lisp's instance of is recorded as scripting language[8].
  • Emacs Lisp's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language[9].
  • Emacs Lisp's instance of is recorded as dynamic programming language[10].
  • Emacs Lisp is associated with the free software movement movement[11].
  • Emacs is named after Emacs Lisp[12].
  • Emacs Lisp's based on is recorded as Maclisp[13].
  • Emacs Lisp's based on is recorded as Common Lisp[14].
  • Emacs Lisp's developer is recorded as GNU Project[15].
  • Emacs Lisp's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 3.0[16].
  • Emacs Lisp's designed by is recorded as Richard Stallman[17].
  • Emacs Lisp's designed by is recorded as Q92991[18].
  • Emacs Lisp's software version identifier is recorded as 26.2[19].
  • Emacs Lisp's software version identifier is recorded as 27.1[20].
  • Emacs Lisp's Commons category is recorded as Emacs Lisp[21].
  • Emacs Lisp comprises GNU Emacs[22].
  • January 1, 1985 marks the founding of Emacs Lisp[23].
  • Emacs Lisp's official website is recorded as http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs[24].
  • Emacs Lisp's file extension is recorded as el[25].
  • Emacs Lisp's file extension is recorded as elc[26].
  • Emacs Lisp's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/elisp[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[5], functional programming language[6], Lisp[7], scripting language[8], imperative programming language[9], and dynamic programming language[10].

History and Context

January 1, 1985 marks the founding of Emacs Lisp[23]. Emacs is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

Emacs Lisp ranks in the top 9% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Influenced by → Common Lisp, Maclisp
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    Dialect of computer language → Lisp
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