LISP(programming language)

 

Introduction to LISP

Lisp is a programming language that has an overall style that is organized around expressions and functions. Every Lisp procedure is a function, and when called, it returns a data object as its value. It is also commonly referred to as “functions” even though they may have side effects.

Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language in the world which is invented by John McCarthy in the year 1958 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Features of  LISP Programming Language:

1. It is a machine-independent language
2. It uses iterative design methodology and is easily extensible
3. It allows us to create and update the programs and applications dynamically.
4. It provides high-level debugging.
5. It supports object-oriented programming.
6. It supports all kinds of data types like objects, structures, lists, vectors, adjustable arrays, set, trees,hash-tables, and symbols.
7. It is an expression-based language
8. It can support different decision-making statements like if, when,case, and cond
9. It will also support different iterating statements like do, loop,loopfor, dotimes and dolist.
10. It will support input and output functions
11. By using lisp we can also create our own functions