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'''Object Lisp''' was a [[computer]] [[programming language]], a dialect of the [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] language. It was an [[object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] extension for the Lisp dialect [[Lisp Machine Lisp]], designed by [[Lisp Machines]], Inc. Object Lisp was also an early example of [[prototype-based programming]].

[[Lisp Machines Inc|LMI]]. An object-oriented [[Lisp]].

It was seen as a competitor to other object-oriented extensions to Lisp at around the same time such as [[Flavors (programming language)|Flavors]], in use by [[Symbolics]], [[Common Objects]] developed by [[Hewlett-Packard]], and [[CommonLoops]], in use by [[Xerox]].<ref name="foldoc">{{foldoc|Object+Lisp}}</ref>

This USENET post from 1985 discusses it: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=13400015%40ccvaxa

Object Lisp was also used in early versions of [[Macintosh Common Lisp]]. There, the user interface toolkit was written using Object Lisp.

["ObjectLISP User Manual", G. Dreschere, LMI 1987].

==References==

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*[http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=13400015%40ccvaxa 14 December 1985 net.lang.lisp USENET post about the Common Lisp meeting in Boston, 9-11 December 1985, which discusses Object Lisp]

*[http://lispm.de/docs/Publications/Common%20Lisp/ObjectLisp-Manual.pdf "ObjectLISP User Manual", G. Drescher, LMI 1985]

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[[Category:Object-oriented programming languages]]

[[Category:Lisp programming language family]]

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