CLISP Alternatives

CLISP is described as 'Portable ANSI Common Lisp implementation and development environment by Bruno Haible. Interpreter, compiler, debugger, CLOS, MOP, FFI, Unicode, sockets, CLX. UI in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, and Danish' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CLISP for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best CLISP alternative is Hy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CLISP are MIT Scheme, Steel Bank Common Lisp, CMU Common Lisp and Armed Bear Common Lisp.

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CLISP is a portable ANSI Common Lisp implementation and development environment by Bruno Haible. Interpreter, compiler, debugger, CLOS, MOP, FFI, Unicode, sockets, CLX. UI in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch,...

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CLISP alternatives page was last updated Jul 29, 2019
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  1. Hy icon
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    Hy is a wonderful dialect of Lisp that’s embedded in Python.

    Since Hy transforms its Lisp code into the Python Abstract Syntax Tree, you have the whole beautiful world of Python at your fingertips, in Lisp form!.

    39 Hy alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Hy Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Object-oriented Language
    3.  Interpreter
    4.  Clojure

    Hy VS CLISP

     
    • Hy is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CLISP.

    • Hy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CLISP.

    • Hy is Free and Open SourceCLISP is also Free and Open Source
  2. MIT Scheme icon
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    Implementation of Scheme providing an interpreter, compiler, source-code debugger, integrated Emacs-like editor, and a large run-time library.

    13 MIT Scheme alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows

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    Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is a high performance Common Lisp compiler. It is open source / free software, with a permissive license. In addition to the compiler and runtime system for ANSI Common Lisp, it provides an interactive environment including a debugger, a statistical...

    11 Steel Bank Common Lisp alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Steel Bank Common Lisp Features

    1.  Debugging

    Steel Bank Common Lisp VS CLISP

     
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    CMUCL is a free, high performance implementation of the Common Lisp programming language which runs on most major Unix platforms. It mainly conforms to the ANSI Common Lisp standard. CMUCL provides a sophisticated native code compiler; a powerful foreign function interface; an...

    11 CMU Common Lisp alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    CMU Common Lisp VS CLISP

     
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    Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL) is a full implementation of the Common Lisp language featuring both an interpreter and a compiler, running in the JVM. Originally started to be a scripting language for the J editor, it now supports JSR-223 (Java scripting API): it can be a...

    11 Armed Bear Common Lisp alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Armed Bear Common Lisp VS CLISP

     
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    ManKai Common Lisp (MKCL) aims to be a full implementation of the Common Lisp language in compliance with the ANSI X3J13 Common Lisp standard. It is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) with a few minor exceptions (see the...

    11 ManKai Common Lisp alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    ManKai Common Lisp VS CLISP

     
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    Clozure CL (often called CCL for short) is a free Common Lisp implementation with a long history. Some distinguishing features of the implementation include fast compilation speed, native threads, a precise, generational, compacting garbage collector, and a convenient...

    11 Clozure Common Lisp alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Clozure Common Lisp VS CLISP

     
  8. Nu icon
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    Nu is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, with a Lisp-like syntax, it was created as an alternative scripting language to program Mac OS X through its Cocoa API.

    4 Nu alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac

    Nu VS CLISP

     
  9. newLisp icon
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    newLISP is a LISP-like scripting language for doing things you typically do with scripting languages: programming for the internet, system administration, text processing, gluing other programs together, etc.

    4 newLisp alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Solaris

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    Allegro CL is the most powerful dynamic object-oriented development system available today, and is especially suited to enterprise-wide, complex application development. Complex applications with billions of objects are now made easy with Allegro CL 9.0.

    15 Allegro CL alternatives

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    • Free PersonalProprietary

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    • Mac
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    GCL is the official Common Lisp for the GNU project. Its design makes use of the system's C compiler to compile to native object code, providing for both good performance and facile portability. GCL currently compiles itself and the primary free software Lisp applications...

    13 GNU Common Lisp alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

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  12. LispWorks icon
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    LispWorks is a commercial implementation and IDE for the Common Lisp programming language.

    13 LispWorks alternatives

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    • Free PersonalProprietary

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