<s>
The	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
Interface	I-Language
Manager	I-Language
(	O
CLIM	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
Common	O
Lisp-based	O
programming	B-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
GUIs	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
to	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
facilities	O
for	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
Lisp	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
fully	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
Common	B-Application
Lisp	I-Application
Object	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
CLOS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
mechanism	O
of	O
stream	B-Operating_System
input	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
output	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
facilities	O
for	O
output	O
device	B-Operating_System
independence	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
descended	O
from	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
system	O
Dynamic	O
Windows	O
of	O
Symbolics	O
 '	O
Lisp	B-Operating_System
machines	I-Operating_System
between	O
1988	O
and	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
development	O
was	O
CLIM	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
a	O
GNU	B-Application
Library	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CLIM	B-Language
has	O
been	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
portable	B-Architecture
across	O
different	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
implementations	O
and	O
different	O
windowing	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
reflective	B-Language
architecture	O
for	O
its	O
window	B-Application
system	I-Application
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CLIM	B-Language
supports	O
,	O
like	O
Dynamic	O
Windows	O
,	O
so-called	O
Presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
implementation	O
of	O
CLIM	B-Language
is	O
named	O
McCLIM	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
several	O
extensions	O
to	O
CLIM	B-Language
and	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
several	O
applications	O
like	O
Climacs	O
,	O
an	O
Emacs-like	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
mouse-sensitive	O
Lisp	B-Language
Listener	O
,	O
a	O
read	B-Application
–	I-Application
eval	I-Application
–	I-Application
print	I-Application
loop	I-Application
(	O
REPL	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
an	O
editor	O
for	O
building	O
gadget-oriented	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
a	O
Maxima	B-Language
(	O
software	O
)	O
graphical	O
front-end	O
.	O
</s>
