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Simple LISP in Go
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gisp

Section titled “gisp”

Simple (non standard) compiler of Lisp/Scheme to Go.

Includes

Section titled “Includes”
  • Lexer based on Rob Pike’s Lexical Scanning in Go
  • Simple recursive parser, supporting ints, floats, strings, bools
  • TCO via loop/recur
  • AST generating REPL included

Build and Run

Section titled “Build and Run”
> go build && ./gisp
>>

From here you can type in forms and you’ll get the Go AST back. To compile a file:

> ./gisp filename.gsp

Functions

Section titled “Functions”
+, -, *, mod, let, if, ns, def, fn, all pre-existing Go functions

See [examples]!(examples) for some Project Euler solutions

License

Section titled “License”

MIT