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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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CCL ECL GNU CLISP LispWorks
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ecl

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