sbcl
brew install sbcl
v2.6.5
LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND MIT AND Xerox AND BSD-3-Clause
Steel Bank Common Lisp compiler and runtime for the Common Lisp language.
Why you might care
SBCL is a mature, high-performance Common Lisp implementation with native code compilation, a comprehensive standard library, and strong ANSI compliance. Use it for interactive development, scripting, or deploying production Lisp applications; it's the most widely-used open-source CL implementation with excellent performance and debugging support.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.sbcl.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/s/sbcl.rb
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