Common Lisp
Standardized Lisp dialect (ANSI 1994) that unified fragmented Lisp variants, becoming a foundation for AI programming and research.
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Commercial Lisp Machine Market: Symbolics and LMI
From 1980 onwards, Symbolics Inc. and Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI), both founded as spin-offs from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, commercialised dedicated hardware workstations designed to run Lisp natively, offering large address spaces, garbage collection in hardware, and early graphical interfaces tailored to AI development.