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Lisp
LISt Processing language is a family of programming languages, programs and data in which are represented by linear lists of symbols. This is one of the oldest used to this day high-level programming languages, as well as the first of the extant languages to use automatic memory management.
| First released | 1958 |
| Developed by | John McCarthy |
| Open-source | Yes |
Interesting facts
Lisp is considered the second oldest high-level programming language after Fortran that is used nowadays.