Common Lisp HyperSpec
Encyclopedia
The Common Lisp HyperSpec is a hypertext
html document which is not the ANSI Common Lisp
standard, but is based on it with permission from ANSI
and X3
. It is copyrighted by LispWorks Ltd. It is approximately 15MB of data in 2,300 files which contain approximately 105,000 hyperlink
s.
The HyperSpec is used by many Common Lisp development environments (examples are LispWorks
, SLIME
) for looking up reference information for the constructs of ANSI Common Lisp. The HyperSpec is also available for download.
Before the ANSI Common Lisp standard, the book Common Lisp the Language
had been used as a Common Lisp standard reference.
Allegro Common Lisp
has its own hypertext version of the ANSI Common Lisp standard.
Hypertext
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Apart from running text, hypertext may contain tables, images and other presentational devices. Hypertext is the...
html document which is not the ANSI Common Lisp
Common Lisp
Common Lisp, commonly abbreviated CL, is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in ANSI standard document ANSI INCITS 226-1994 , . From the ANSI Common Lisp standard the Common Lisp HyperSpec has been derived for use with web browsers...
standard, but is based on it with permission from ANSI
Ansi
Ansi is a village in Kaarma Parish, Saare County, on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia....
and X3
INCITS
The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards, or INCITS , is an ANSI-accredited forum of IT developers. It was formerly known as the X3 and NCITS....
. It is copyrighted by LispWorks Ltd. It is approximately 15MB of data in 2,300 files which contain approximately 105,000 hyperlink
Hyperlink
In computing, a hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks...
s.
The HyperSpec is used by many Common Lisp development environments (examples are LispWorks
LispWorks
LispWorks is a commercial implementation and IDE for the Common Lisp programming language. The software runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X , Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and HP UX....
, SLIME
SLIME
SLIME, the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs, is an Emacs mode for developing Common Lisp applications. SLIME originates in an Emacs mode called SLIM written by Eric Marsden and developed as an open-source project by Luke Gorrie and Helmut Eller. Over 100 Lisp developers have contributed...
) for looking up reference information for the constructs of ANSI Common Lisp. The HyperSpec is also available for download.
Before the ANSI Common Lisp standard, the book Common Lisp the Language
Common Lisp the Language
Common Lisp the Language is an influential book by Guy L. Steele about Common Lisp.-Before standardization:The first edition served as the basis for the ANSI Common Lisp standard. It was written by Guy L. Steele, Jr., Scott Fahlman, Richard P. Gabriel, David A. Moon, and Daniel L...
had been used as a Common Lisp standard reference.
Allegro Common Lisp
Allegro Common Lisp
Allegro Common Lisp is a commercial implementation of the Common Lisp programming language developed by Franz Inc. Allegro CL provides the full ANSI Common Lisp standard with many extensions...
has its own hypertext version of the ANSI Common Lisp standard.