.TH lisp-against-the-machine 7
.SH NAME
lisp-against-the-machine \- Lisp Against the (LL)Machine
.SH SYNOPSIS
Can you Lisp without being strapped in to the Torment Nexus Machine? (re-hosting of Zyd’s page)
.SH TEXT

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…

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sort of.

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.UR https://zyd.lol/lisp-against-the-machine.html
This list was originally assembled by Zyd
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.
But he’s no longer responsive, and things have changed considerably.
So I decided to take it on me to re-host and update the list.
I hope Zyd gets back and takes over.
And I’ll be happy to remove this page when this happens.
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Every Lisp, Scheme, and Lisp-adjacent project listed is a non-toy implementation
that is at least somewhat active. When I (Zyd) first wrote this article (2026-03-12),
most Lisps did not have a policy or even public stance on LLM contributions. In
such cases I (Zyd) posted to their bug trackers or discussion lists to ask. Most
maintainers kindly responded.

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Every link is either a document or issue stating the project’s LLM policy, or a
link to an open issue. Roughly categorized according to how strongly for or
against LLM contributions.

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If I’m (Zyd, Artyom) missing a project that should be listed, lemme know
\fBcontact (7)\fP
(Artyom,)

.UR https://zyd.lol/contact.html
(Zyd)
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.SH Strictly Against

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.UR https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/fennel/tree/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#contribution-transparency
Fennel
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.UR https://github.com/egallesio/STklos/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#submitting-your-contribution
STklos Scheme
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.UR https://clojure.org/dev/contributor_agreement#_no_generated_code
Clojure
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.UR https://gitlab.com/embeddable-common-lisp/ecl/-/work_items/826
ECL
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.UR https://wiki.call-cc.org/contribute#regarding-patches-created-using-llm-assistance
Chicken Scheme
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.UR https://codeberg.org/guile/guile/commit/d5592f82b6b7e01f1b15508e539329164586c7bf
Guile Scheme
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.SH Strongly Against

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.UR https://gitlab.com/weinholt/loko/-/work_items/56#note_3153627022
Loko Scheme
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.UR https://codeberg.org/s48/scheme48/issues/1
Scheme 48
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.SH Weakly Against

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.UR https://gitlab.com/gnu-clisp/clisp/-/work_items/62
GNU CLISP
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 against on a specific reading of copyright law
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.UR https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-03/msg00425.html
Emacs Lisp
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 temporarily against LLMs, waiting for official policy
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.UR https://github.com/hylang/hy/discussions/2686
Hy
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 maintainer recommends against LLM contributions, no actual policy

.SH Hesitantly Accepting

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.UR https://github.com/ashinn/chibi-scheme/issues/1090
Chibi Scheme
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.UR https://github.com/justinethier/cyclone/issues/564#issuecomment-4051986199
Cyclone Scheme
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.UR https://github.com/gambit/gambit/issues/991#issuecomment-4055083312
Gambit
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.UR https://github.com/shirok/Gauche/issues/1238
Gauche
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.UR https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/discussions/1419#discussioncomment-16120788
Gerbil Scheme
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 LLM generated code potentially in source tree
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.UR https://github.com/clasp-developers/clasp/issues/1734
Clasp
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.UR https://github.com/Clozure/ccl/issues/550
CCL
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.UR https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#llms-tool-usage-and-transparency
Janet
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.UR https://github.com/false-schemers/skint/issues/37#issuecomment-5646557175
Skint
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 LLM generated code potentially in source tree

.SH Accepting

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.UR https://github.com/manuel-serrano/bigloo/issues/144
Bigloo
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.UR https://github.com/coalton-lang/coalton/discussions/1808
Coalton
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.UR https://gitlab.com/kashell/Kawa/-/work_items/123#note_3156481608
Kawa Scheme
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.UR https://github.com/ktakashi/sagittarius-scheme/issues/338#issuecomment-4062858016
Sagittarius Scheme
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.UR https://github.com/jank-lang/jank/discussions/758
Jank
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 doesn’t accept external LLM contributions but permits usage by core developers
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* 
.UR https://github.com/racket/racket/issues/5466
Racket
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 LLM generated code in source tree
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.UR https://sourceforge.net/p/sbcl/mailman/sbcl-devel/thread/20260227155122.1f2c07d6cf1ecf561d38cf3b%40coiloptic.org
SBCL
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 LLM generated code in source tree
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.UR https://github.com/carp-lang/Carp
Carp
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 LLM generated code in source tree

.SH Unknown

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.UR https://github.com/cisco/ChezScheme/issues/1028
Chez Scheme
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 at least one maintainer is against, another skeptical, open issue
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.UR https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/mit-scheme-devel/2026-03/msg00000.html
MIT Scheme
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 open issue
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.UR https://github.com/armedbear/abcl/issues/737
ABCL
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 open issue
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.UR https://github.com/lfe/lfe/discussions/515#discussioncomment-16110542
LFE
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 open issue