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{{Infobox programming language
| name = MultiLisp
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| paradigms = [[Multi-paradigm programming language|Multi-paradigm]]: [[Functional programming|functional]], [[Imperative programming|imperative]], [[Concurrent computing|concurrent]], [[Metaprogramming|meta]]
| family = [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]]
| designer = Robert H. Halstead Jr.
| developer = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT
| released = {{Start date and age|1980}}<!--Add |mm|dd| if known-->
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| typing = [[Dynamic typing|Dynamic]], [[Latent typing|latent]], [[Strong typing|strong]]
| scope = [[Scope (computer science)#Lexical scoping and dynamic scoping|Lexical]]
| programming language = [[Interlisp]]
| discontinued = Yes
| platform = Concert [[Multiprocessing|multiprocessor]]
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| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
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| influenced by = [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]], [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]
| influenced = [[Gambit (Scheme implementation)|Gambit]], [[Interlisp]]-[[VAX]]
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'''MultiLisp''' is a [[Functional programming|functional]] [[programming language]], a [[Dialect (computing)|dialect]] of the language [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]], and of its dialect [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]], extended with constructs for [[parallel computing]] execution and [[shared memory]]. These extensions involve [[Side effect (computer science)|side effects]], rendering MultiLisp [[Nondeterministic programming|nondeterministic]]. Along with its parallel-programming extensions, MultiLisp also had some unusual [[Garbage collection (computer science)|garbage collection]] and task scheduling algorithms. Like Scheme, MultiLisp was optimized for [[Computer algebra|symbolic computing]]. Unlike some parallel programming languages, MultiLisp incorporated constructs for causing side effects and for explicitly introducing parallelism.

It was designed by Robert H. Halstead Jr., in the early 1980s for use on the 32-processor Concert [[Multiprocessing|multiprocessor]] then being developed at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) and implemented in [[Interlisp]]. It influenced the development of the Scheme dialects [[Gambit (Scheme implementation)|Gambit]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dynamo.iro.umontreal.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page  |title=Gambit |author=WikiSysop |author2=Mikaelm |author3=Bjlucier |last4=Thedens |first4=Dan |date=2019-02-06 |access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref> and Interlisp-[[VAX]].