## Function: COMMON-LISP:MACHINE-VERSION [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-COMMON--LISP-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Function-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#function) [![clhs](https://img.shields.io/badge/CLHS-MACHINE--VERSION-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_mach_v.htm) [![github](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-View_the_source-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999&logo=github)](https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/blob/master/src/code/target-misc.lisp/) > Return a string describing the version of the computer hardware we > are running on, or NIL if we can't find any useful information.