scriptjure

As JavaScript becomes increasingly ubiquitious thanks to budding frameworks like node.js, the lisp->javascript compilers start to look more interesting. Parenscript [1], Scriptjure [2] and Scheme2Js [3] are the respective projects for Common Lisp, Clojure and Scheme, and they're all relatively mature. More recently, Jacob Rothstein started Sibilant [4], which I've been collaborating on [5]. The main difference in approach is that we're trying to design a new lisp dialect optimized for the task of writing JavaScript, rather than compiling from an existing lisp dialect that wasn't designed with this purpose in mind. Since it's such a young project, I wouldn't recommend it for production environments now, but you should keep an eye on it if you're interested in this sort of thing. --- [1] http://common-lisp.net/project/parenscript/ [2] http:

Several projects already exist which compile established dialects of Lisp into JavaScript, including Parenscript [1], Scriptjure [2], Scheme2Js [3] and ArcScript [4]. I'm trying to determine if there'd be value in creating a new little Lisp dialect specifically designed for compiling into JavaScript. The goal would be to end up with something like CoffeeScript [5], only s-expression based so that Lisp-style macros could be supported. I've started designing the language following this general process: 1. Imagine what JavaScript would look like if it were composed of s-expressions rather than C-style syntax 2. Permit irregularities where it would be a convenience boon to everyday JavaScript coding I will post example code in the comment thread, and feedback is very welcome. Do you think this project has potential, and would you consider usi

Or you can just compile a language you want to javascript. Treat it like assembly. You can be glad it works, but you'd rather not write in it directly. Examples of such: coffescript (http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/) for those who like python/ruby, ruby (though this is not perfect: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3593312/production-usage-...), GWT (somewhat butchered java -> javasscript) and scriptjure (http://github.com/arohner/scriptjure Clojure -> javascript).

Clojure has scriptjure: http://github.com/arohner/scriptjure which compiles s-expressions to javascript.