LFE (programming language)

<p>Lisp Flavored Erlang (LFE) is a <a href="/facts/Functional_language/cdxqPEIM">functional</a>, <a href="/facts/Concurrent_computing/yVzQBPr9">concurrent</a>, <a href="/facts/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)/j2vlIu7g">garbage collected</a>, general-purpose <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a> and <a href="/facts/Lisp_(programming_language)/xJHA3CrX">Lisp</a> <a href="/facts/Dialect_(computing)/cWTYbgWa">dialect</a> built on Core <a href="/facts/Erlang_(programming_language)/2PuxmzT3">Erlang</a> and the Erlang virtual machine (<a href="/facts/BEAM_(Erlang_virtual_machine)/ExXaLz8F">BEAM</a>). LFE builds on Erlang to provide a Lisp syntax for writing distributed, <a href="/facts/Fault_tolerance/rasrYlJk">fault-tolerant</a>, soft <a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">real-time</a>, non-stop applications. LFE also extends Erlang to support <a href="/facts/Metaprogramming/ujbjjJTY">metaprogramming</a> with Lisp macros and an improved developer experience with a feature-rich <a href="/facts/Read%E2%80%93eval%E2%80%93print_loop/lddjCYxt">read–eval–print loop</a> (REPL). LFE is actively supported on all recent releases of Erlang; the oldest version of Erlang supported is R14.
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LFE (programming language)