Clasp: Even Common Lisp Is Coming To LLVM

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Clasp: Even Common Lisp Is Coming To LLVM

The latest open-source project devising an LLVM back-end is a Common Lisp implementation...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTc5OTI

[tsuru]

Capitalization

Thank you for not using the ancient and unused spelling of Lisp in all-caps, it is an eyesore for any modern article discussing the topic. But why did you spell Clasp with all caps? I see nowhere on his site that he ever referred to it in such a manner.

[lethal]

Seems like a llvm front-end, not a backend ?

[tajjada]

Yess! I love Common Lisp, probably my overall favorite language.

I have been expecting a LLVM frontend for it to appear some day. I don't have the time to start working on one myself, but now that it exists, I will certainly consider contributing to the project. I would love for this to succeed and compete with more mature CL implementations like SBCL, CCL, or ECL.

[wizard69]

What is next a COBOL front end to LLVM ? 😜

This actually sounds lie a great project. I never got into Lisp, all the brackets fry my brain, but I can see how this might excite some.

[nanonyme]

I wonder if it even has TCO yet. Not really worth using if it doesn't

[curaga]

I wonder if it even has TCO yet. Not really worth using if it doesn't

Its Total Cost of Ownership is up in the sky