Acheron: A Common Lisp to JavaScript compiler written in 100% Java

http://sourceforge.net/projects/acheron/

by sedachv • 15 years ago

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sedachv2• 15 years ago

There's also a blog: http://lispnyc.org/blog/acheron

lispm3• 15 years ago

Who would write a Lisp compiler in 100% Java. Why??? There are a few things that are easier to write in Lisp, high on that list is a Lisp compiler.

alnayyir2• 15 years ago

Deployment, accessibility.

Consider adjusting your tone and the quality of your response, it just makes you sound partisan rather than informed.

lispm3• 15 years ago

Deployment of what? How would a compiler written in ABCL and delivered as Jar be more difficult to deploy???

Accessibility? For who? The people who actually can maintain a Common Lisp compiler are using mostly Lisp and share parts of their code. There is almost no Common Lisp compiler written not in Lisp. Part of the runtime system may be written in C, but much of the rest is Lisp and especially the compiler.

For example the compiler for ABCL running on top of the JVM is written in Lisp:

http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/browser/trunk/abcl/src...

Please stop your patronizing tone. You can also increase the quality of your own response, which was near zero.

sedachv2• 15 years ago

This is written by the same guy that develops the Dandelion Eclipse plugin (http://sourceforge.net/projects/dandelion-ecl/). I think he just really likes Java.

Acheron: A Common Lisp to JavaScript compiler written in 100% Java

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