So something like Clojure, but that runs on the CLR and Javascript as well?
CLR - https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr
JS - https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript
Python - https://github.com/halgari/clojure-py
Lua - https://github.com/raph-amiard/clojurescript-lua
C - https://github.com/schani/clojurec
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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clojure-clr
A port of Clojure to the CLR, part of the Clojure project
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ClojureCLR has a new home!
Code repo: https://github.com/clojure/clojure-clr
JIRA: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJCLR
Old binary distributions for versions 1.1 and 1.2 will continue
to be available here for the time being.
The new github repo has 1.3 binaries.
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ClojureCLR
This project is a native implementation of Clojure on the Common Language Runtime (CLR),
the execution engine of Microsoft's .Net Framework.
ClojureCLR is programmed in C# (and Clojure itself) and makes use of Microsoft's
Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR).
Goals:
-- Implement a feature-complete Clojure on top of CLR/DLR.
-- Stay as close as possible to the JVM implementation.
-- Have some fun.
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Docs: http://clojure.org
Feedback: http://groups.google.com/group/clojure
Getting Started (general): http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Getting+Started
For more information on ClojureCLR: http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr/wiki
Installing ClojureCLR:
To just run ClojureCLR, use the binary distribution:
http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr/wiki/Getting-started-binary-distribution
For a deeper look, get a source distribution:
http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr/wiki/Getting-started-source-distribution
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Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
12 sourcesActually, there is https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr, but the JVM is still the preferred platform for Clojure (although I'm sure the CLR version would be picked up once someone comes around that cares enough or in the hypothetical event that Oracle would ruin the JVM platform somehow).
In Steve Yegge's foreword to Joy of ClojureClojure's primary target is the JVM and they had an officially supported CLR(.NET) branch for a while (and it's now supported by a 3rd party https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr). I wouldn't be surprised if in the future portability became a bigger concern within the Clojure community (http://blog.n01se.net/?p=41).
(That said I realize you were looking for a Common Lisp, but sometimes good enough is good enough ;) )
In Will Rubinius be an acceptable Lisp?Autocomplete and debugging with clojure works. The problem is most clojure developers don't use common java IDEs. So it appears like it doesn't work or exist. But recently there has been an explosion of plugins to help everyone that isn't familiar with emacs & slime.
Autocomplete:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4289480/how-to-do-automat...
Debugging:
http://clojure.org/getting_started
Plugins:
https://github.com/swannodette/textmate-clojure
http://code.google.com/p/counterclockwise/
http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=4050
Options:
[emacs is too hard on windows] http://clojure.bighugh.com/
[but I use a mac] http://aquamacs.org/
[but I write ###.NET] https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr https://github.com/jmis/vsClojure
In Thinking in Clojure for Java ProgrammersAgreed. Clojure for the CLR - http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr
In Concurrency, State, and Functional ProgrammingClojure will be fine, at least. I think I remember Rich saying it was explicitly designed as a multi-VM language in an interview somewhere. Anyway, he already has an official, apparently actively maintained port of Clojure to the .NET CLR:
http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr/
Now porting your Clojure applications between VMs may or may not be a reasonable proposition depending on what kind of non-Clojure pure Java libraries you depend upon, but the fate of the Clojure language is thankfully not tied to the fate of the Java runtime.
I think Scala has a .NET port too, but I don't know if it's active.
In Oracle sues Google over use of Java in AndroidClojure-CLR might be interesting to you: http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr
In Ask HN: you've got a few weeks of free-ish time, what OSS project do you try?The beauty of Clojure is that it let's you get as close to Java as you desire. Aside from installation considerations ("Do I have the right version of Java installed?") this is especially true in the upcoming 1.2 release. That is, with the addition of types and protocols it's never been easier to forget that you're on the JVM. I'm not sure what to make about your comment regarding XML, but if that is truly a determining factor then there are reasonable facsimiles of Clojure targeting .NET and Javascript (http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr and http://clojurescript.n01se.net/repl/ respectively).
In From Python to Clojurehttp://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr/tree/master
http://blog.n01se.net/?p=41
http://clojure.org/todo
As a rule, things move pretty fast in Clojure-land. And in the beginning it was dual-platform, so it's not really a new idea either.
In Lisp is sin