sounds like a good idea to me, too. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Greg <g...@kinostudios.com> wrote:
> What about a Clojure directly on top of the LLVM? > > It would be super-fast, you could start from scratch and leave behind all > of the issues associated with the JVM, no more complicated classpath, > namespace, imports, etc. and the startup time would be very fast. > > I only wish I had the time to work on such a project... > > - Greg > > On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:54 PM, nchubrich wrote: > > > Chouser--- > > > > The Parrot vm looks really great for Clojure----presumably Clojure > > could have continuations and TCO there. > > > > > > > > On Feb 5, 9:59 am, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Stuart Sierra > >> > >> <the.stuart.sie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Clojure can certainly do these things; clojure-contrib contains many > >>> file and io-related utilities. But remember that Clojure, like any > >>> Java program, takes more time to start up than "scripting" languages > >>> like Perl/Bash/Ruby/Python, so it may be less suitable for programs > >>> that you intend to run at the command-line. > >> > >> This has been the main reason I haven't completely abandoned > >> Python and ruby for such tasks. I think the original question > >> was phrased perfectly -- "wondering if the time is right". For > >> me, I'd say "not quite yet". I'm still holding out for > >> Clojure-in-clojure targeting a unix-embracing, fast-starting > >> host platform like golang or parrot. > >> > >> --Chouserhttp://joyofclojure.com > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
