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Dialect of Lisp
New Implementation of LISP (NIL) is a programming language, a dialect of the language Lisp, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
NIL_(programming_language)
Topics referred to by the same term
Unix systems /dev/null Null pointer or reference (sometimes written NULL, nil, or None), an object pointer (or reference) not currently set to point (or
Null
Lightweight programming language
[ˈlu(w)ɐ] meaning moon) is a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language designed mainly for embedded use in applications. Lua is cross-platform
Lua
Apple's general-purpose, open-source, compiled programming language
Swift is a high-level general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language created by Chris Lattner in 2010 for Apple Inc. and maintained by
Swift_(programming_language)
Functional programming language created in 2007
Idris is a purely-functional programming language with dependent types, quantity annotations, optional lazy evaluation, and features such as a totality
Idris_(programming_language)
Programming language
Limbo is a programming language for writing distributed systems and is the language used to write applications for the Inferno operating system. It was
Limbo_(programming_language)
Programming language family
(historically LISP, an abbreviation of "list processing") is a family of programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized prefix
Lisp_(programming_language)
Topics referred to by the same term
up NIL, Nil, or nil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nil often refers to the number zero. Nil or NIL may also refer to: NIL (programming language),
Nil
General-purpose programming language
high-level general-purpose programming language that supports both object-oriented programming and functional programming. Designed to be concise, many
Scala_(programming_language)
Multiparadigm programming language
multiparadigm programming language, developed in the Programming Systems Lab at Université catholique de Louvain, for programming-language education. It
Oz_(programming_language)
Programming language
and C#. Hermes and its predecessor, NIL (Network Implementation Language), were the earliest programming languages supporting this form of initialization
Hermes_(programming_language)
Programming languages with runtime extensibility
A dynamic programming language is a type of programming language that allows various operations to be determined and executed at runtime. This is different
Dynamic_programming_language
Using one interface or symbol with regards to multiple different types
In programming language theory and type theory, polymorphism allows a value or variable to have more than one type and allows a given operation to be performed
Polymorphism (programming language theory)
Polymorphism_(programming_language_theory)
Programming language
Algorithmic Language 1968) is an imperative programming language member of the ALGOL family that was conceived as a successor to the ALGOL 60 language, designed
ALGOL_68
General-purpose programming language
Ruby is a general-purpose programming language designed with an emphasis on programming productivity and simplicity. In Ruby, everything is an object
Ruby_(programming_language)
Programming language
Go is a high-level, general-purpose programming language that is statically typed and compiled. It is known for the simplicity of its syntax and the efficiency
Go_(programming_language)
Computer programming language from 1960s
(Combined Programming Language) is a multi-paradigm programming language developed in the early 1960s. It is an early ancestor of the C language via the
CPL_(programming_language)
Programming language by David Turner
a lazy, purely functional programming language designed by David Turner as a successor to his earlier programming languages SASL and KRC, using some concepts
Miranda (programming language)
Miranda_(programming_language)
Computer programming language
Harbour is a computer programming language, used mainly to create database/business programs. It is a modernised cross-platform version of the older Clipper
Harbour (programming language)
Harbour_(programming_language)
General-purpose, object-oriented programming language
general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style message passing (messaging) to the C programming language. Originally developed by
Objective-C
Functional programming language
Pure, successor to the equational language Q, is a dynamically typed, functional programming language based on term rewriting. It has facilities for user-defined
Pure_(programming_language)
S3 is a structured, imperative high-level computer programming language. It was developed by the UK company International Computers Limited (ICL) for its
S3_(programming_language)
Programming language
Flix is a functional, imperative, and logic programming language developed at Aarhus University, with funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark
Flix_(programming_language)
record of notable programming languages, by decade. History of computing hardware History of programming languages Programming language Timeline of computing
Timeline of programming languages
Timeline_of_programming_languages
Computer programming language
Logo is an educational programming language, designed in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Solomon. The name was coined by Feurzeig while
Logo_(programming_language)
Discontinued programming language
portal Cobra is a discontinued general-purpose, object-oriented programming language. Cobra is designed by Charles Esterbrook, and runs on the Microsoft
Cobra_(programming_language)
Programming language
and procedural programming language, designed by Niklaus Wirth as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using
Pascal_(programming_language)
Finite, ordered collection of items
array. In type theory and functional programming, abstract lists are usually defined inductively by two operations: nil that yields the empty list, and cons
List_(abstract_data_type)
Web development programming language
multi-paradigm, high-level, pure, strict, functional programming language. It is a dialect of the language ML, designed for web development, created by Adam
Ur_(programming_language)
Dialect of the Scheme programming language
T is a dialect of the Scheme programming language developed in the early 1980s by Jonathan A. Rees, Kent M. Pitman, and Norman I. Adams of Yale University
T_(programming_language)
Dialect of Lisp
for functional programming and associated techniques such as recursive algorithms. It was also one of the first programming languages to support first-class
Scheme_(programming_language)
General-purpose programming language
general-purpose programming language which emphasizes performance, type safety, concurrency, and memory safety. Rust supports multiple programming paradigms
Rust_(programming_language)
Programming language
of the original Oberon programming language that adds limited reflective programming (reflection) and object-oriented programming facilities, open arrays
Oberon-2
Dialect of the Lisp programming language designed to interact with Python
Hy is a dialect of the Lisp programming language designed to interact with Python by translating s-expressions into Python's abstract syntax tree (AST)
Hy_(programming_language)
Object-oriented programming language
Smalltalk is a purely object-oriented programming language that was originally created in the 1970s for educational use, specifically for constructionist
Smalltalk
Ability of a process to examine and modify itself
Invoke(fooInstance) End If Next List of reflective programming languages and platforms Mirror (programming) Programming paradigms Self-hosting (compilers) Self-modifying
Reflective_programming
1970s-80s computer programming language
later used for programming outside the context of the Lilith. Wirth viewed Modula-2 as a successor to his earlier programming languages Pascal and Modula
Modula-2
Programming language
high-level, functional programming language. It is a dialect of the programming language ML, designed by Hongwei Xi to unify computer programming with formal specification
ATS_(programming_language)
Object Pascal-based programming language
Oxygene (formerly named Chrome) is a programming language developed by RemObjects Software for Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure, the Java platform
Oxygene (programming language)
Oxygene_(programming_language)
Data type defined by combining other types
In computer programming, especially in functional programming and type theory, an algebraic data type (ADT) is a composite data type, i.e. a type formed
Algebraic_data_type
Lisp dialect
multi-paradigm programming language. The Racket language is a modern dialect of Lisp and a descendant of Scheme. It is designed as a platform for programming language
Racket_(programming_language)
Programming language
general-purpose, multi-paradigm, statically typed, compiled, high-level system programming language. It was designed and developed by a team led by Andreas Rumpf. Nim
Nim_(programming_language)
Type whose definition depends on a value
logic's quantifiers like "for all" and "there exists". In functional programming languages like Agda, ATS, Rocq (previously known as Coq), F*, Epigram, Idris
Dependent_type
Programming language standard
Common Lisp (CL) is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard document ANSI INCITS
Common_Lisp
Programming language
The language combines ideas from the functional programming and imperative programming paradigms; it includes support for object-oriented programming. Features
Dafny
Function and primitive data structure in Lisp and other functional programming languages
In computer programming, cons (/ˈkɒnz/ or /ˈkɒns/) is a fundamental function in most dialects of the Lisp programming language. cons constructs memory
Cons
Coding language, extension for Erlang
is a functional, concurrent, garbage collected, general-purpose programming language and Lisp dialect built on Core Erlang and the Erlang virtual machine
LFE_(programming_language)
Open-source programming language
Arc is a programming language, a dialect of the language Lisp, developed by Paul Graham and Robert Morris. It is free and open-source software released
Arc_(programming_language)
Programming language
is an agent-oriented programming language written by General Magic as part of the overall Magic Cap system. Telescript programs used a modified C-like
Telescript (programming language)
Telescript_(programming_language)
Programming language for music synthesis
Nyquist is a programming language for sound synthesis based on the Lisp programming language. It is an extension of the XLISP dialect of Lisp, and is
Nyquist (programming language)
Nyquist_(programming_language)
Value indicating that a referenced dataset is invalid or doesn't exist
Retrieved 17 August 2025. "The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language". section "Sending Messages to nil". "OS X exploitable kernel NULL pointer dereference
Null_pointer
Binary operator in computer programming
since 7.0.0, and Swift as nil-coalescing operator. It is most commonly written as x ?? y, but varies across programming languages. While its behavior differs
Null_coalescing_operator
Dialect of the Lisp programming language on the Java platform
(/ˈkloʊʒər/, like closure) is a dynamic and functional dialect of the programming language Lisp on the Java platform. Like most other Lisps, Clojure's syntax
Clojure
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Comparison of programming languages (associative array)
Comparison_of_programming_languages_(associative_array)
The programming language Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language with direct descendants and closely related dialects still in widespread
List of Lisp-family programming languages
List_of_Lisp-family_programming_languages
MIIS (Meditech Integrated Information System) is a proprietary programming language, integrated database, and operating system environment derived from
MIIS_(programming_language)
Programming language
Laboratory for the Lisp machine and its programming language Lisp Machine Lisp. It is notable as the first programming language to include mixins. Symbolics used
Flavors (programming language)
Flavors_(programming_language)
Extension language
Language for Extensions (GNU Guile) is the preferred extension language system for the GNU Project and features an implementation of the programming language
GNU_Guile
Named container for a particular type of data
In some high-level programming languages, a variable is an abstract storage or indirection location paired with an associated symbolic name, which contains
Variable (high-level programming language)
Variable_(high-level_programming_language)
Computer programming language
Charm is a computer programming language devised in the early 1990s with similarities to the RTL/2, Pascal and C languages in addition to containing some
Charm_(programming_language)
Universal subtype in logic and computer science
Kinds of Types and Values". Java Language Specification (3rd ed.). "Data.Void". Hackage. Retrieved 2023-09-20. "Type NIL". Common Lisp HyperSpec. Retrieved
Bottom_type
British charitable organisation
respect. Nil By Mouth currently delivers inputs to schools, colleges and workplaces on issues surrounding sectarianism, including sectarian language and online
Nil_by_Mouth_(charity)
Object which stores memory addresses in a computer program
— Donald Knuth, Structured Programming, with go to Statements In computer science, a pointer is an object in many programming languages that stores a memory
Pointer (computer programming)
Pointer_(computer_programming)
some programming languages have been specifically designed for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Nowadays, many general-purpose programming languages
List of programming languages for artificial intelligence
List_of_programming_languages_for_artificial_intelligence
Data serialization format
(tree-structured) data. S-expressions were invented for, and popularized by, the programming language Lisp, which uses them for source code as well as data. In the usual
S-expression
Programming paradigm
developers to write programs and develop code that falls under the generic programming paradigm. Having the programming language itself as a first-class
Metaprogramming
Computer programming language
lambda Prolog, is a logic programming language featuring polymorphic typing, modular programming, and higher-order programming. These extensions to Prolog
ΛProlog
Lisp-like programming language
Development Language, or colloquially also referred to as More Datatypes than Lisp or MIT Design Language[citation needed]) is a programming language, a descendant
MDL_(programming_language)
Type that allows only one value
implemented in most functional programming languages. The void type that is used in some imperative programming languages serves some of its functions,
Unit_type
Programming language
COWSEL (COntrolled Working SpacE Language) is a programming language designed between 1964 and 1966 by Robin Popplestone. It was based on a reverse Polish
COWSEL
Object with no referenced value or with defined neutral ("null") behavior
Objective-C language takes another approach to this problem and does nothing when sending a message to nil; if a return value is expected, nil (for objects)
Null_object_pattern
Data having only values "true" or "false"
uses an empty list for false, and any other value for true. The C programming language uses an integer type, where relational expressions like i > j and
Boolean_data_type
Formatted data in computer science
table with some fixed number N of slots with each slot containing either a nil pointer or a pointer to another node. N is commonly 32. As allocating space
Hash_array_mapped_trie
Multi-paradigm programming language
Dylan is a multi-paradigm programming language that includes support for functional and object-oriented programming (OOP), and is dynamic and reflective
Dylan_(programming_language)
Memory management feature of the Clang compiler
providing automatic reference counting for the Objective-C and Swift programming languages. At compile time, it inserts into the object code messages retain
Automatic_Reference_Counting
Mathematical-logic system based on functions
important role in the development of the theory of programming languages. Functional programming languages implement lambda calculus. Lambda calculus is also
Lambda_calculus
Style of computer programming
Generic programming is a style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of data types to-be-specified-later that are then instantiated
Generic_programming
Function with variable number of arguments
arguments. Support for variadic functions differs widely among programming languages. There are many mathematical and logical operations that come across
Variadic_function
MultiLisp is a functional programming language, a dialect of the language Lisp, and of its dialect Scheme, extended with constructs for parallel computing
MultiLisp
Computer science textbook
fundamental principles of computer programming, including recursion, abstraction, modularity, and programming language design and implementation. MIT Press
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs
Programming language
Citrine is a general-purpose programming language for various operating systems. It focuses on readability and maintainability. Readability is achieved
Citrine (programming language)
Citrine_(programming_language)
Dialect of Lisp in the Emacs text editor
being a programming language that can be compiled to bytecode and to native code, Emacs Lisp can also function as an interpreted scripting language, much
Emacs_Lisp
West Germanic language
Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The language is named
English_language
English programmer, venture capitalist, and writer (born 1964)
Averages", which compares Lisp to other programming languages and introduced the hypothetical programming language Blub, to "Why Nerds are Unpopular", a
Paul_Graham_(programmer)
Attribute of data
systems programming or low-level programming languages. In higher-level languages most data types are abstracted in that they do not have a language-defined
Data_type
Abstract data type
r,s)} and aux ( f , r , NIL ) = ( f ′ , NIL , f ′ ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {aux} (f,r,{\text{NIL}})=(f',{\text{NIL}},f')} where f ′ {\displaystyle
Queue_(abstract_data_type)
Formal grammar
type declarations (in the Standard ML programming language): datatype Bool = false | true datatype BList = nil | cons of Bool * BList Every member of
Regular_tree_grammar
Algorithmic process of solving equations
unification has a unique "best" answer and is used in logic programming and programming language type system implementation, especially in Hindley–Milner
Unification (computer science)
Unification_(computer_science)
Kind of finite-state machine
manipulated algebraically while semantics are expressed in a procedural programming language as simple effector functions, free from syntactic concerns. The rational
Event-driven finite-state machine
Event-driven_finite-state_machine
Joining of strings in a programming language
Wikifunctions has a concat function. In formal language theory and computer programming, concatenation is the operation of joining sequential objects,
Concatenation
Technique for creating lexically scoped first class functions
In programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language
Closure (computer programming)
Closure_(computer_programming)
String literal that provides documentation per computer programming language syntax
of the running program. Some development tools display docstring information as part of an interactive help system. Programming languages that support docstring
Docstring
Agent-based simulation language
Lab and Scheller Teacher Education Program in Massachusetts. It is an extension of the Logo programming language, a dialect of Lisp. Designed for education
StarLogo
Computer programming concept
In computer programming, several programming language mechanisms exist for exception handling. The term exception is typically used to denote a data structure
Exception handling (programming)
Exception_handling_(programming)
Computer programming textbook by Matthias Felleisen and colleagues
Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP), HtDP relies on a variant of the programming language Scheme. It includes its own programming integrated development
How_to_Design_Programs
Rooted binary tree data structure
remaining subtree is nil {\displaystyle {\text{nil}}} . If the searched key is not found after a nil {\displaystyle {\text{nil}}} subtree is reached
Binary_search_tree
Lisp software and development tools
This is a list of software and programming tools for the Lisp programming language, which includes frameworks, libraries, IDEs, build tools, and related
List of Lisp software and tools
List_of_Lisp_software_and_tools
Feature of some programming languages
Nullable types are a feature of some programming languages which allow a value to be set to the special value NULL instead of the usual possible values
Nullable_type
Abstract machine used as a target for compilers
abstract machine intended as a target for compilers of functional programming languages. The letters stand for stack, environment, control, dump, respectively
SECD_machine
General-purpose compiled programming language
general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled, declarative, static type programming language developed by Huawei which is an extension superset of open-source
ArkTS
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
Male
French
Norman French form of Scandinavian Njal, NEL means "champion."
Male
Spanish
 Portuguese and Spanish form of French Gilles, GIL means "shield of goatskin." Compare with other forms of Gil.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Neil.
Girl/Female
English American
Derived from abbreviation of names with '-nia' ending.
Male
Irish
Irish legend name (Mil Espane "Mil of Spain") of the father of Éibhear Dunn and Éibhear Finn, who conquered Ireland. Possibly derived from the Latin word miles, MIL means "soldier."
Male
Hebrew
(גִּיל) Hebrew name GIL means "joy." Compare with other forms of Gil.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Modern, Tamil
Nil
Male
English
Short form of Old English names beginning with Wil-, WIL means "will."
Girl/Female
Hindu
From the Nile
Boy/Male
Hindu
Nil
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Scandinavian, Swedish
Champion; Son of Neil; People of Victory; Victorious Person
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Neil, NIEL means "champion." Compare with another form of Niel.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Niall, arrived at this form via Norman French Nel, NEIL means "champion."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dhrumil | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à¯€à®²Â
Nil
Dhrumil | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à¯€à®²Â
Female
Welsh
Welsh form of Irish Gaelic Niamh, NIA means "beauty, brightness." Compare with another form of Nia.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Ni
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nil
Male
English
 Short form of English Gilbert, GIL means "pledge-bright" and other names beginning with Gil-. Compare with other forms of Gil.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Nil
Girl/Female
Latin American
From the Nile.
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
Boy/Male
Hindu
Massive, Very big, Giant proportioned
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Eternal Spirit; Reincarnation
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intellectual
Female
Gaelic
Irish Gaelic form of Scandinavian Ragnhild, RAGHNAILT means "battle counsel."
Biblical
island of help
Male
Japanese
(精二) Japanese name SEIJI means "refined second (son)."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
The Best Guardian
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Perks.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Yithrow, JETHRO means "his abundance" or "overhanging." In the bible, this is the name of the father-in-law of Moses. He is also known by the name Jether.
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Jamaican, Latin, Swahili
Patient; Enduring; Cactus Fruit; Thorny Cactus; To Rest
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
n.
A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.
v. t.
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
n.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
n.
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
n.
To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
v. t.
Will not.
n.
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
v. t.
To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.
a.
No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.
n. & a.
Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
a.
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
n.
To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.