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NIL (programming language)

New Implementation of LISP (NIL) is a programming language, a dialect of the language Lisp, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) during the 1970s, and intended to be the successor to the language Maclisp. It is a 32-bit implementation, and was in part a response to Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) VAX computer. The project…

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Designed by
Jon L White
Developers
Jon L White, Guy L. Steele Jr., Richard P. Gabriel
Family
Lisp
First appeared
1979; 47 years ago (1979)
Implementation language
VAX assembly
OS
VAX/VMS

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NIL (programming language)

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Edges45
Triples9
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
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Designed by · 1
NIL (programming language) → Jon L White
Developers · 1
NIL (programming language) → Jon L White, Guy L. Steele Jr., Richard P. Gabriel
Family · 1
NIL (programming language) → Lisp
First appeared · 1
NIL (programming language) → 1979; 47 years ago (1979)
Implementation language · 1
NIL (programming language) → VAX assembly
OS · 1
NIL (programming language) → VAX/VMS
Paradigms · 1
NIL (programming language) → Multiparadigm: functional, procedural
Platform · 1
NIL (programming language) → VAX
Typing discipline · 1
NIL (programming language) → dynamic, strong

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lisp nil maclisp implementation computer language s-1 project richard gabriel vax massachusetts institute technology mit guy steele jr jon white

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NIL (programming language)Designed byJon L White1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)DevelopersJon L White, Guy L. Steele Jr., Richard P. Gabriel1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)FamilyLisp1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)First appeared1979; 47 years ago (1979)1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)Implementation languageVAX assembly1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)OSVAX/VMS1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)ParadigmsMultiparadigm: functional, procedural1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)PlatformVAX1.00infobox
NIL (programming language)Typing disciplinedynamic, strong1.00infobox

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