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 > 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
