Common Lisp CLISP Common Lisp is * a convential programming language and an AI language * interactive * a Lisp for professional use Common Lisp CLISP * needs only 2 MB of memory * implements 99% of the CLtL1 standard, as well as some extensions * can call your preferred editor * is freely distributable Common Lisp CLISP provides * an interpreter * a compiler which makes execution of programs 5 times faster * all data types with unlimited size (the size need never be declared, the size of lists and arrays may be changed dynamically) * integers of arbitrary length, unlimited floating point number precision * 594 library functions, 542 of them written in C