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2018 LLVM Developers’ Meeting: C. Schafmeister “Lessons Learned Implementing Common Lisp with LLVM”

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Compilers, interpreters & program analysisFunctional programming

What it is

Christian Schafmeister presents lessons from six years of implementing Clasp, a Common Lisp compiler using LLVM as its backend that interoperates with C++. He explains handling a dynamic, memory-managed language on LLVM.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Mostly cited by the author himself as the introduction to Clasp and Cando, and recommended to those wanting Lisp with C++ library interop.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “those interested in this use case might also be interested in Clasp, a Common Lisp implementation built on LLVM”

    Introduces Clasp, Lisp on LLVM combining dynamic development with C++ libraries.

    0xcde4c3db, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Racket Is an Acceptable Python”

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Topics: clasp, common lisp, llvm, compilers, cando

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