ALU History

The Association of Lisp Users was formed in 1991 out of the Symbolics Lisp User Group (SLUG). The ALU is a fully incorporated not-for-profit organization.

The purpose of the ALU is to serve as a unifying, non-profit entity for the International Lisp Community. One of our goals is to promote the Lisp family of languages and the use of Lisp in application areas such as Artificial Intelligence and Web Applications. Education has always been an important aspect of the ALU. The ALU has held yearly conferences and meetings for over a decade.

The official ALU website was created in 1997. Prior to this an unofficial site had been maintained by Brad Miller at the University of Rochester. The official website was originally hosted by Howard Stearns at Elwood Corporation. The site was subsequently hosted by Raymond de Lacaze at SRI International. A major overhaul was completed in the 2003 and the site was rehosted by Franz Inc.

You can read the By-Laws and the Articles of Incorporation. To reach the governing board of the ALU, send email to alu-board-only at alu.org.