Common Lisp

Common Lisp Features

• interactivity (dynamic redefinitions)
• first-class symbols
• arbitrary-precision integers
• exact rational arithmetic
• well-integrated complex numbers
• generalized references
• multiple values
• first-class functions
• anonymous functions
• macros
• multiple inheritance
• multiple dispatch
• generic functions
• method combination
• (first-class) classes and meta classes
• (first-class) packages
• built-in programmable parser (read)
• built-in programmable unparser
• reader macros
• compiler macros
• optional argument
• keyword arguments
• meta-object protocol
• special (dynamically scoped) variables
• named blocks, nonlocal goto (catch/throw)
• conditions, restarts
• the loop macro
• the format function
• type declarations
• compiler available at run-time
• extensive list processing features.

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