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| programming language = [[Racket (programming language)|Racket]], [[Common Lisp (programming language)|Common Lisp]]

| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]

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'''Arc''' is a [[programming language]], a [[Dialect (computing)|dialect]] of the language [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]], developed by [[Paul Graham (programmer)|Paul Graham]] and [[Robert Tappan Morris|Robert Morris]]. It is [[free and open-source software]] released under the [[Artistic License]] 2.0. Graham stepped down from the project after being accused of inappropriate behavior involving a child at a [[Y Combinator]] event.

== History ==

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===Official version===

The first publicly released version of Arc was made available on 29 January 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulgraham.com/arc0.html |title=Arc's Out |last=Graham |first=Paul |date=29 January 2008 |website=PaulGraham.com |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> implemented on [[Racket (programming language)|Racket]] (named PLT-Scheme then). The release comes in the form of a [[Tar (computing)|.tar]] archive, containing the Racket [[source code]] for Arc. A tutorial<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arclanguage.org/tut.txt |title=Arc Tutorial |author=<!-- Unstated. --> |date=<!-- Unstated. --> |website=Paul Graham |access-date=2018-12-05}}.</ref> and a discussion forum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arclanguage.org/forum |title=Arc Forum |website=Arc language}}</ref> are also available. The forum uses the same program that [[Hacker News]] does, and is written in Arc.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

=== Unofficial versions ===