Rich has covered some of the motivation of why not extending existing Lisp->Java integrations, like Kawa and ABCL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPNkH-7PRTk, around 3:25 On 04/02/2018 05:53 PM, 'somewhat-functional-programmer' via Clojure wrote: > I've recently come across Kawa Scheme and am very intrigued by it. > It's Java integration is superb like Clojure and it's very fast. Has > anyone here used it to build something? > > So far I've only tried it with small toy programs. Things I like > about it: > - Starts up very quickly > - Java method notation lends itself to auto-complete > (instance:method param1 param2) > - Can pre-compile and use it on Android > - Repl has line numbers so compilation errors on repl forms have > source lines > > Maybe Kawa fits into a niche that Clojure leaves open with its heavier > runtime? Maybe I'm just trying toy programs and those toy programs > are fast? :-) > > One thing that intrigues me here though since java integration is so > easy with Kawa is the notion of using Clojure's immutable data > structures from Kawa -- maybe even making a clojure "core" library for > use from Kawa. > > -lc > > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
