While this is certainly neat, it doesn't allow Clojure to be used as an embedded scripting language inside an ObjC app.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Gary Trakhman <gary.trakh...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's already possible via https://github.com/takeoutweight/clojure-scheme > > Gambit scheme provides objective-C interop. The author demonstrated this > stuff at Clojure/West this year. One difference between your proposed > approach is it's both compiled and highly optimized. > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Steven Degutis <sbdegu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Currently Clojure exists on the JVM, the CLR, and the JSVM. >> >> Why not put it on top of ObjC too? >> >> Then we could create stand-alone executables written in Clojure! Or it >> could be used as an embedded scripting language. The ObjC runtime and >> Foundation.framework are close enough to Java that it shouldn't be too >> hard to port. >> >> Rather than compiling to bytecode, it would be interpreted at runtime >> (like Python/Ruby). All dynamic class/method lookups and such would >> have to be done via <objc/runtime.h> and libffi. >> >> And there's the obvious downside that this would really only be >> beneficial for Mac OS X users (or people willing to put up with >> GNUStep). But there are plenty of us to make this worth it. >> >> What do you all think of this specific idea? >> >> I'm willing to work on such a project in my spare time, since I have a >> fair bit of knowledge about the ObjC runtime. But I have to admit I'm >> not a Clojure expert, so it would be helpful if more Clojure people >> were interested in helping out with such a project. >> >> Note: I've already looked into running ClojureScript via JS inside >> JSCocoa, it's not feasible for many reasons that are out of the scope >> of this topic; this post is specifically about porting Clojure to >> ObjC. >> >> -Steven >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
