Lisp programming language

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functional programming language high-level programming language multi-paradigm programming language programming language

Lisp is a pioneering high-level programming language, especially influential in artificial intelligence research and known for its symbolic processing and distinctive parenthesized syntax.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Lisp	82
Lisp programming language canonical	6
LISP	5
"LISt Processor"	1
Clojure	1
Lisp family of programming languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T799253 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lisp programming language
Context triple: [John McCarthy, notableWork, Lisp programming language]

A. Scheme
Scheme is a minimalist, lexically scoped dialect of the Lisp programming language known for its elegant functional programming model and powerful macro system.
B. Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
Emacs Lisp is a dialect of the Lisp programming language used as the extension and scripting language of the GNU Emacs text editor.
C. GNU Guile
GNU Guile is the official extension language platform of the GNU Project, providing a Scheme-based scripting and programming environment for extending and customizing applications.
D. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is a seminal computer science textbook by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman that uses the Scheme language to teach fundamental principles of programming and software design.
E. ABC programming language
ABC is an early high-level, interactive programming language developed at CWI that emphasized readability and simplicity, and later influenced the design of Python.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lisp programming language
Target entity description: Lisp is a pioneering high-level programming language, especially influential in artificial intelligence research and known for its symbolic processing and distinctive parenthesized syntax.

A. Scheme
Scheme is a minimalist, lexically scoped dialect of the Lisp programming language known for its elegant functional programming model and powerful macro system.
B. Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
Emacs Lisp is a dialect of the Lisp programming language used as the extension and scripting language of the GNU Emacs text editor.
C. GNU Guile
GNU Guile is the official extension language platform of the GNU Project, providing a Scheme-based scripting and programming environment for extending and customizing applications.
D. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is a seminal computer science textbook by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman that uses the Scheme language to teach fundamental principles of programming and software design.
E. ABC programming language
ABC is an early high-level, interactive programming language developed at CWI that emphasized readability and simplicity, and later influenced the design of Python.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	functional programming language ⓘ high-level programming language ⓘ multi-paradigm programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ
designedBy	John McCarthy ⓘ
designedFor	list processing ⓘ symbolic manipulation ⓘ
developedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
domain	artificial intelligence ⓘ symbolic computation ⓘ
executionModel	compiled ⓘ interpreted ⓘ
firstAppeared	1958 ⓘ
hasFeature	S-expressions ⓘ parenthesized syntax ⓘ prefix notation ⓘ read–eval–print loop ⓘ
hasSyntax	S-expression-based syntax ⓘ
influenced	Arc ⓘ Clojure ⓘ Common Lisp ⓘ Dylan ⓘ linked to: Bob Dylan Emacs Lisp ⓘ linked to: Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) JavaScript ⓘ Julia ⓘ Logo ⓘ NewLISP ⓘ Racket ⓘ Scheme ⓘ Smalltalk ⓘ
influencedBy	lambda calculus ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom	"LISt Processor" ⓘ linked to: Lisp programming language
notableFor	macro system ⓘ minimal core language with powerful extensions ⓘ
notableImplementation	AutoLISP ⓘ Clojure ⓘ Common Lisp ⓘ Emacs Lisp ⓘ linked to: Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) Scheme ⓘ
paradigm	functional programming ⓘ meta-programming ⓘ procedural programming ⓘ symbolic programming ⓘ
standardizedAs	Common Lisp ⓘ
supports	automatic garbage collection ⓘ first-class functions ⓘ higher-order functions ⓘ homoiconicity ⓘ macros ⓘ recursion ⓘ
typingDiscipline	dynamic typing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited