How is LISP/Common Lisp translated or compiled?

Question

I've been really looking very hard in the internet about how LISP language is compiled from high-level language to machine code.

I know LISP evaluation is different from how it is really compiled/translated/evaluated/interprete...

Give me a comprehensive and very informing site about LISP and about its compilation..

I hope you can help me. It will be very much appreciated..

Thanks a lot!

Please, I really need it for my report..

Can you help me about this?

Answer 1

Traditionally LISP is used as an interpreted language for example by invoking the command clisp or common lisp environment.  Within clisp you can type lisp code to be executed or you can load it from a file.  I think LISP is usually used as an interpreted language and not compiled.