richhickey
clojure-clr
C#2009–2012
richhickey / clojure-clr
clojure-clr
A port of Clojure to the CLR, part of the Clojure project
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What it is
A port of Clojure to the CLR, part of the Clojure project
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Observed mentions: 2009-09-01 16:22:33 UTC to 2012-11-10 04:50:50 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2009 | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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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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* ClojureCLR
* Copyright (c) Rich Hickey. All rights reserved.
* The use and distribution terms for this software are covered by the
* Eclipse Public License 1.0 (http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php)
* which can be found in the file epl-v10.html at the root of this distribution.
* By using this software in any fashion, you are agreeing to be bound by
* the terms of this license.
* You must not remove this notice, or any other, from this software.
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
3 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?