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Emacs Lisp

Emacs Lisp is a Lisp dialect made for GNU Emacs. It is used for implementing most of the editing functionality built into Emacs, the remainder being written in C, as is the Lisp interpreter.

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Designed by
Richard Stallman, Guy L. Steele, Jr.
Developer
GNU Project
Family
Lisp
Filename extensions
.el, .elc, .eln
First appeared
1985; 41 years ago (1985)
License
GPLv3

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Emacs Lisp

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples80
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

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Emacs Lisp

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related to Compared to other Lisp dialects · 16
Emacs Lisp → Although, Common Lisp, EINE, Emacs, GNU Emacs, Gosling Emacs, It, Lisp, Maclisp, Recently, Scheme, Stallman, That, The Lisp, When Richard Stallman, ZWEI
related to Source code · 12
Emacs Lisp → Each, Emacs, For, Functions, Further, In, Libraries, Since, Tetris, The, They, When
related to From dynamic to lexical scoping · 11
Emacs Lisp → Before, Dynamic, Firstly, However, In, It, Like MacLisp, Olin Shivers's, Originally, RMS, Secondly
related to External links · 7
Emacs Lisp → GNU ProjectAn Introduction, GNU ProjectEmacs Lisp Elements, GNU ProjectEmacs Lisp Reference, Manual, Official, Programming, Protesilaos Stavrou's
related to Byte code · 6
Emacs Lisp → Byte-compiling, Bytecode, Compared, Emacs, The, User-supplied
related to Example · 6
Emacs Lisp → Emacs, For, Here, However, In Emacs, The
related to Language features · 5
Emacs Lisp → Common Lisp, Lisp, The, This, Without
is a · 2
Emacs Lisp → Lisp dialect made for GNU Emacs, Lisp-2 like Common Lisp
Designed by · 1
Emacs Lisp → Richard Stallman, Guy L. Steele, Jr.
Developer · 1
Emacs Lisp → GNU Project

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emacs lisp code function functions file user source dynamic lexical called also scope files bytecode scoping common gnu buffer loaded

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Emacs LispDesigned byRichard Stallman, Guy L. Steele, Jr.1.00infobox
Emacs LispDeveloperGNU Project1.00infobox
Emacs LispFamilyLisp1.00infobox
Emacs LispFilename extensions.el, .elc, .eln1.00infobox
Emacs LispFirst appeared1985; 41 years ago (1985)1.00infobox
Emacs LispLicenseGPLv31.00infobox
Emacs LispOScross-platform1.00infobox
Emacs LispParadigmFunctional, meta, reflective1.00infobox
Emacs LispPlatformEmacs1.00infobox
Emacs LispScopeDynamic, optionally lexical1.00infobox
Emacs LispStable release30.2 / 14 August 2025; 12 months ago (2025-08-14)1.00infobox
Emacs LispTyping disciplineDynamic, strong1.00infobox
Emacs LispWebsitegnu.org/emacs1.00infobox
Emacs Lispis aLisp dialect made for GNU Emacs0.90text
Emacs Lispis aLisp-2 like Common Lisp0.90text

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