lisp2js

Translate Lisp code into JavaScript.

Demo

Feature

• Compiled JS code run on JS directly (not VM)
• Compiled code can easily access JS, and vice versa
• Self hosting compiler
• Lisp-1 (namespace for function and variable is same)
• Old style macro (not hygienic)

No

• Continuation
• Tail call optimization (depends on JS environment)
• Argument count check (because of JavaScript nature)
• Multiple values

Mapping

Lisp code is compiled into JS, in a rule below:

Lisp	JavaScript
()	false
nil	false
t	true
Pair	Cons object
symbol	Symbol object
string	String
lambda	Function
hash table	Object
vector	Array

How to build

You need to install Node.js and npm.

• Run npm install
• When you modify source code, run npm run build to update lisp2js.js
• To update minified code, run npm run release

History

• v0.1
  • Basic self hosting compiler