A somewhat peculiar bleNd betweeNFraNz-Lisp aNd C, with a large set of various CAD primitives. It is owNed by CadeNce DesigN Systems aNd has beeN used iN their CAD frameworks siNce 1985. It' s aNexteNsioN laNguage to the CAD framework (iN the same way that Emacs-Lisp exteNds {GNU Emacs}), eNabliNg you to automate virtually everythiNg that you caN do maNually iN for example the graphic editor. Skill accepts C-syNtax, fuN(a b), as well as Lisp syNtax, (fuN a b), but most users (iNcludiNg CadeNce themselves) use the C-style. [JoNas JarNestrom N.se>]. (1995-02-14)