Hang on! LISP was invented in 1960. The only older language still in
use is FORTRAN (1957).
Lisp was probably designed around 1958. The Lisp 1.5 manual (possibly
the first Lisp that feels like Lisp) came out in 1963.
However, Lisp family languages have greatly evolved since 1963. I
suggest you do some reading.
Use of a compiled language might be helpful, to reduce run-time
dependencies.
There's no such thing as a compiled language. There are compiled
implementations of a language.
You're also mistaken if you think that use of a compiled implemen-
tation reduces runtime dependencies. How many libraries do you need
to run Konqueror?
Is there a free Common Lisp compiler?
Yes, there are at least three.
(CLISP is a surprisingly fast bytecode compiler, CMUCL is a native
compiler, and KCL/GCL goes through C.)
I don't know of any interpreted-only implementation of Common Lisp.
You could
implement in Prolog (1970), Scheme (1975), Caml (1984) or Haskell
(1990).
Caml would be my second choice. But my first choice (if people don't
object) is ANSI Common Lisp (1996).
Juliusz
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