Steel Bank Common Lisp

SBCL
Original author(s)Forked by William Newman from CMUCL
Developer(s)Various
Initial releaseDecember 1999; 24 years ago (1999-12) (fork)
Stable release
2.4.5[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 30 May 2024; 5 months ago (30 May 2024)
Repository
Operating systemLinux, Solaris, DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
PlatformCross-platform
Available inCommon Lisp
TypeCompiler and runtime
LicensePublic Domain, with parts covered by the MIT License and BSD License (sans advertising clause)
Websitewww.sbcl.org

Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is a free Common Lisp implementation that features a high-performance native compiler, Unicode support and threading. It is open source software, with a permissive license. In addition to the compiler and runtime system for ANSI Common Lisp, it provides an interactive environment including a debugger, a statistical profiler, a code coverage tool, and many other extensions.[2]

The name "Steel Bank Common Lisp" is a reference to Carnegie Mellon University Common Lisp from which SBCL forked: Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in the steel industry and Andrew Mellon was a successful banker.

  1. ^ "sbcl-2.4.5 released".
  2. ^ "About - Steel Bank Common Lisp". www.sbcl.org. Retrieved 2023-12-12.