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Life & fun · March 13, 2017

Experimental chat written in Common Lisp

An experimental minimal chat written in Common Lisp - ryukinix/lisp-chat

Experimental chat written in Common Lisp launched on March 13, 2017 with 114 votes, #405 of 3,481 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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In plain words

This is an experimental chat application written in Common Lisp, a programming language known for its flexibility and symbolic processing capabilities. It is designed for developers and programmers interested in exploring chat functionality through Lisp implementation. The project was launched in 2017 and is available on GitHub, making it suitable for those curious about how chat systems can be built using functional and symbolic programming paradigms.

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