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CLPython

Programming language written in Lisp

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CLPython is an implementation of the Python programming language written in Common Lisp. This project allow to call Lisp functions from Python and Python functions from Lisp. Licensed under LGPL. CLPython was started in 2006, but as of 2013, it was not actively developed and the mailing list was closed.

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