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+Easy-ISLisp (EISL) is an interpreter and compiler compatible with the
+ISLisp standard. EISL was written by Kenichi Sasagawa and is available
+under a BSD license, featuring:
+* Full support of the ISLisp standard plus a number of extensions.
+* Readline support and syntax highlighting.
+* A compiler with generates C code, comparable in performance as
+ equivalent code generated by SBCL.
+* tail-call optimization.
+* type inference.
+* C interop,
+* libraries for CSV handling, OpenGL, statistics, parallel execution,
+ linear algebra, combinatorics, GNU Plot interop, lazy evaluation
+ (delay / force, l*), Tcl/Tk interop, TCP sockets, Unicode support,
+ prolog interpreter, etc.
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