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0 pointsibdknox13y ago0 comments

Lisp is the extension language :) Everything so far is Clojure + ClojureScript with the language backends written in the language they support (python in python and so on)

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stcredzero13y ago

How about Stallman's idea for GUILE (Scheme) uber-alles. Do source-to-source translation of approximations of the supported languages to Clojure. This would allow everyone access to almost everything in the tool.

lucian190013y ago

That effort hasn't even materialised for Scheme+Elisp for Emacs.

The whole approach is guaranteed to not produce a perfectly compliant of any other language.

stcredzero13y ago

Yes, that is the price. That's the price for native access to the entire codebase of the underlying editor.

So long as it's close enough, you don't need perfect compliance.

lucian190013y ago

I disagree. If the support isn't perfect, you might as well not bother and help people learn your native language.

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stcredzero13y ago

lucian190013y ago

That effort hasn't even materialised for Scheme+Elisp for Emacs.

The whole approach is guaranteed to not produce a perfectly compliant of any other language.

stcredzero13y ago

Yes, that is the price. That's the price for native access to the entire codebase of the underlying editor.

So long as it's close enough, you don't need perfect compliance.

lucian190013y ago

I disagree. If the support isn't perfect, you might as well not bother and help people learn your native language.

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