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Using Common Lisp as base for Arc
2 points by stefano 5899 days ago | 2 comments
If instead of being based upon a scheme implementation Arc were based upon a Common Lisp implementation capable of compiling code, couldn't it be faster?


1 point by bogomipz 5898 days ago | link

Well, there are schemes that compile to machine code, like Chicken Scheme, but I guess the ultimate goal is a from scratch implementation. It's wise to postpone that until the language design stabilizes, though.

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1 point by elibarzilay 5898 days ago | link

MzScheme does have a JIT compiler that produces machine code. One of the reasons to use the recent version (372) is that in version 370 it switched to a precise GC which is faster and more stable. (BTW, Chicken compiles to machine code when used in batch mode.)

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