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'''Object Lisp''' was ana object-oriented[[computer]] [[programming language]], a dialect of the [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] language. It was an [[computerobject-oriented programming|object-oriented]] extension for the Lisp dialect [[programmingLisp languages|programmingMachine languageLisp]], designed by [[Lisp Machines]], Inc. Object Lisp iswas also an early example of [[Prototypeprototype-based programming]].

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'''Object Lisp''' was an object-oriented [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]] [[computer]] [[programming languages|programming language]] designed by [[Lisp Machines]], Inc. Object Lisp is an early example of [[Prototype-based programming]].

It was seen as a competitor to other [[Object-oriented programming|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>

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

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This USENET post from 1985 discusses it: *[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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"ObjectLISP User Manual", G. Dreschere, LMI 1987.

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[[Category:Object-oriented programming languages]]

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