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{{dablink|This is about the programming langauge. For other uses see [[Nil]].}}
NIL was an implementation of [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] developed at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and intended to be the successor to [[Maclisp|MacLisp]]. <ref name=STEELE>{{cite web | title=The evolution of Lisp| author=Guy L Steele Jr, Richard P Gabriel | url=http://www.dreamsongs.com/NewFiles/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf | accessdate=2006-10-12}}</ref> NIL stood for '''New Implementation of LISP''', and was in part a response to [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]s [[VAX]] computer. The project was headed by [[Jon L White]] <ref>{{cite web | title=Brief History of the Lisp Language| author=Kent M Pitman | url=http://www.lisp.org/table/Lisp-History.html | accessdate=2006-10-12}}</ref>, with a stated goal of maintaining compatability with MacLisp whilst fixing many of the problems with the language. ▼
▲NIL was an implementation of [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] developed at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and intended to be the successor to [[Maclisp|MacLisp]]. <ref name=STEELE>{{cite web | title=The evolution of Lisp| author=Guy L Steele Jr, Richard P Gabriel | url=http://www.dreamsongs.com/NewFiles/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf | accessdate=2006-10-12}}</ref> NIL stood for '''New Implementation of LISP''', and was in part a response to [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]s [[VAX]] computer. The project was headed by [[Jon L White]] <ref>{{cite web | title=Brief History of the Lisp Language| author=Kent M Pitman | url=http://www.lisp.org/table/Lisp-History.html | accessdate=2006-10-12}}</ref>, with a stated goal of maintaining compatability with MacLisp whilst fixing many of the problems with the language.
==History==
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