I've got no idea about RPython itself, but the PyPy toolchain takes an interpreter for any language specified in RPython, and generates a native interpreter for that language, complete with JIT, garbage collection, etc. (Here's an example http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2011/04/tutorial-writing-interpreter-with-pypy.html ).
Given there's an RPython interpreter for Python (aka PyPy), which dynamically generates the JIT, GC, etc, it seems logical that one could write an RPython interpreter for Clojure in the same way and get all the benefits of their toolchain. Apparently they've got STM working there too. And my understanding is that their generated tracing JIT is awesome for things marked as immutable (I forget where I read that), which would have insane performance consequences for Clojure. On Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:11:38 PM UTC+8, Michael Klishin wrote: > > 2013/5/30 Dax Fohl <dax....@gmail.com <javascript:>> > >> Am I missing something? What are the downsides of this approach? > > > is RPython garbage collected? Key ideas in Clojure pretty much assume > memory management is not something you > have to worry about. > > What about concurrency primitives? Clojure builds its reference types on > top of JDK/.NET ones (and mimics them > in ClojureScript). > -- > MK > > http://github.com/michaelklishin > http://twitter.com/michaelklishin > -- -- 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.
