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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
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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 (computer science)
Polymorphism_(computer_science)
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Programming language
of the original Oberon programming language that adds limited reflective programming (reflection) and object-oriented programming facilities, open arrays
Oberon-2
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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)
Programming language
The language combines ideas from the functional programming and imperative programming paradigms; it includes support for object-oriented programming. Features
Dafny
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
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
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
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
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)
Programming language standard
multi-paradigm programming language. It supports a combination of procedural, functional, and object-oriented programming paradigms. As a dynamic programming language
Common_Lisp
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
Object Pascal-based programming language
Oxygene (formerly named Chrome) is a programming language developed by RemObjects Software for Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), the Java platform
Oxygene (programming language)
Oxygene_(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)
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)
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)
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Comparison of programming languages (associative array)
Comparison_of_programming_languages_(associative_array)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
Computer programming language
lambda Prolog, is a logic programming language featuring polymorphic typing, modular programming, and higher-order programming. These extensions to Prolog
ΛProlog
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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 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
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
The history of the programming language Scheme begins with the development of earlier members of the Lisp family of languages during the second half of
History of the Scheme programming language
History_of_the_Scheme_programming_language
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)
MultiLisp is a functional programming language, a dialect of the language Lisp, and of its dialect Scheme, extended with constructs for parallel computing
MultiLisp
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
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
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)
BBN LISP (also stylized BBN-Lisp) was a dialect of the Lisp programming language by Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was based
BBN_LISP
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Point in a computer program where instruction-execution begins
programming languages, the entry point is in a runtime library, a set of support functions for the language. The library code initializes the program
Entry_point
Family of higher-order functions
are built up in many functional languages from two primitives: any list is either an empty list, commonly called nil ([]), or is constructed by prefixing
Fold_(higher-order_function)
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nil
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Scandinavian, Swedish
Champion; Son of Neil; People of Victory; Victorious Person
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Modern, Tamil
Nil
Girl/Female
Hindu
From the Nile
Male
English
Short form of Old English names beginning with Wil-, WIL means "will."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dhrumil | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à¯€à®²Â
Nil
Dhrumil | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à¯€à®²Â
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
English
 Variant spelling of English Neil, NIEL means "champion." Compare with another form of Niel.
Boy/Male
Hindu
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
Male
French
Norman French form of Scandinavian Njal, NEL means "champion."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Neil.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Niall, arrived at this form via Norman French Nel, NEIL means "champion."Â
Girl/Female
Latin American
From the Nile.
Female
Welsh
Welsh form of Irish Gaelic Niamh, NIA means "beauty, brightness." Compare with another form of Nia.
Male
Hebrew
(גִּיל) Hebrew name GIL means "joy." Compare with other forms of Gil.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Ni
Girl/Female
English American
Derived from abbreviation of names with '-nia' ending.
Male
Spanish
 Portuguese and Spanish form of French Gilles, GIL means "shield of goatskin." Compare with other forms of Gil.
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
Male
Egyptian
, the name of an early king.
Boy/Male
Scandinavian
Son of Eric 'ever kingly.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Siddhadev | ஸிதà¯à®¤à®¾à®¤à¯‡à®µ
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Courage from Guru's Guidance
Girl/Female
Tamil
Attracted, Infatuated
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lukesha | லà¯à®•ேஷா   Â
King of the empire
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian
Of the Meadows
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Messenger; Partner
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Latin, Scandinavian, Swedish
Life; Olive Tree; Defense; Protection
Girl/Female
Latin
Graced with God's bounty.
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
NIL PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
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.
n. & a.
Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
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.
To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.
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.
n.
A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.
a.
No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.
n.
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
v. t.
Will not.
n.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
v. t.
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
a.
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.