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{{Infobox programming language
| name = Embeddable Common Lisp
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| paradigms = [[Multi-paradigm programming language|Multi-paradigm]]: [[Procedural programming|procedural]], [[Functional programming|functional]], [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]], [[Metaprogramming|meta]], [[Reflective programming|reflective]], [[Generic programming|generic]]
| family = [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]]
| designer = Giuseppe Attardi
| developers = Daniel Kochmański, Marius Gerbershagen
| released = {{Start date and age|1995|01|01|df=yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P577}}
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| typing = [[Type system#DYNAMIC|Dynamic]], [[Strong and weak typing|strong]]
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Common Lisp]]
| platform = [[ARM architecture|ARM]], [[x86]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser Public License|LGPL]] 2.1+
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| website = {{URL|https://ecl.common-lisp.dev}}
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| influenced by = [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]], [[Common Lisp]], [[C (programming language)|C]]
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'''Embeddable Common Lisp''' ('''ECL''') is a small implementation of the [[ANSI]] [[Common Lisp]] [[programming language]] that can be used stand-alone or embedded in extant applications written in [[C (programming language)|C]]. It creates OS-native [[executable]]s and libraries (i.e. [[Executable and Linkable Format]] (ELF) files on unix) from Common Lisp code, and runs on most platforms that support a C [[compiler]]. The ECL runtime is a dynamically loadable library for use by applications. It is distributed as [[free software]] under a [[GNU Lesser Public License]] (LGPL) 2.1+.

It includes a [[runtime system]], and two [[compiler]]s, a [[bytecode]] interpreter allowing applications to be deployed where no C compiler is expected, and an [[Intermediate representation#Intermediate language|intermediate language]] type, which compiles Common Lisp to C for a more efficient runtime. The latter also features a native [[foreign function interface]] (FFI), that supports inline C as part of Common Lisp. Inline C FFI combined with Common Lisp macros, custom Lisp <code>setf</code> expansions and compiler-macros, result in a custom compile-time C [[preprocessor]].

==References==
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== External links ==
* Giuseppe Attardi. [http://www.di.unipi.it/~attardi/Paper/LUV94.pdf "The Embeddable Common Lisp"], ACM Lisp Pointers 8(1), 1995, 30-41.
* {{Official website|https://ecl.common-lisp.dev}}
* [https://gitlab.com/embeddable-common-lisp/ecl Embeddable Common-Lisp] on [[GitLab]]

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