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lisp interpreter

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45points
5comments
#1,338of 3,837 in 2025
Top 35%of 2025 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Interesting Lisp project, lisps welcome

    From 1 comment
    • this looks nice! I also recommend chibi for an easily embedded scheme in C.
      exe34 on HN

Questions

  • What are the core concepts and driving principles compared to Shen?

    From 1 comment
    • I like this, but forgive me for asking a bunch of obvious, ungrateful armchair questions ``` - what are the core concepts that you've distilled from 15 years of hosted lisp? -…
      whacked_new on HN
  • Will there be host language interop and cross-language data interop?

    From 1 comment
    • I like this, but forgive me for asking a bunch of obvious, ungrateful armchair questions ``` - what are the core concepts that you've distilled from 15 years of hosted lisp? -…
      whacked_new on HN
  • What main use cases are targeted?

    From 1 comment
    • I like this, but forgive me for asking a bunch of obvious, ungrateful armchair questions ``` - what are the core concepts that you've distilled from 15 years of hosted lisp? -…
      whacked_new on HN

Alternatives named

  • Chibi Scheme

    From 2 comments
    • this looks nice! I also recommend chibi for an easily embedded scheme in C.
      exe34 on HN
    • https://github.com/ashinn/chibi-scheme
      keming on HN
  • Hylang

    From 1 comment
    • I like this, but forgive me for asking a bunch of obvious, ungrateful armchair questions ``` - what are the core concepts that you've distilled from 15 years of hosted lisp? -…
      whacked_new on HN
  • Clojure

    From 1 comment
    • I like this, but forgive me for asking a bunch of obvious, ungrateful armchair questions ``` - what are the core concepts that you've distilled from 15 years of hosted lisp? -…
      whacked_new on HN
  • Shen

    From 1 comment
    • I like this, but forgive me for asking a bunch of obvious, ungrateful armchair questions ``` - what are the core concepts that you've distilled from 15 years of hosted lisp? -…
      whacked_new on HN

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