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2018 LLVM Developers’ Meeting: C. Schafmeister “Lessons Learned Implementing Common Lisp with LLVM”

LLVM · 60.6K views · 2018-11-14 · 26:01

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Christian Schafmeister presents lessons from six years of implementing Clasp, a Common Lisp compiler using LLVM as its backend that interoperates with C++. He explains handling a dynamic, memory-managed language on LLVM.

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Mostly cited by the author himself as the introduction to Clasp and Cando, and recommended to those wanting Lisp with C++ library interop.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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0xcde4c3db · 2019-07 · Recommendation

While it's nowhere near as mature as Racket, those interested in this use case might also be interested in Clasp, a Common Lisp implementation built on LLVM specifically to enable the combination of Lisp-style dynamic development approaches with C++ libraries. [LINK] [VIDEO]

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nomilk · 2023-06 · Reference

> then we'd both go back to whatever language we were actually using at the time. Which well known projects do use lisp? I think Google Flights uses lisp [1]; there must be more? [1] [VIDEO]

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jakeogh · 2022-11 · Reference

More presentations! I think two are almost the same presentation: [LINK] (July 2010) 10S6P4 Christian Schafmeister 2010 UNTT 3rd Annual Conference Session 6 Presentation 4 [LINK] (July 2015) Clasp: Common Lisp using LLVM and C++ for Molecular Metaprogramming [LINK] (Aug 2015) Clasp: Common Lisp using LLVM and C++ for Designing Molecules [LINK] (Oct 2018) Modular Polymer Catalysts - Chris Schafmeister [VIDEO] (Nov 2018) LLVM Developers Meeting: C. Schafmeister lessons Learned Implementing Common Lisp with LLVM

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