Hi,

Is anyone here at all interested in programs to translate lisp into perl? I've seen lisp discussed here before (though not for a while), and I see there's a lisp interpreter on CPAN but I have implemented something a bit different.

Basically its a program which can translate lisp programs (written in a rather scheme-like dialect - even has a single namespace) into efficient perl scripts. Perl has enough lisp like features to be able to implement most things which can be done in lisp (lexical closures - hurrah!).

This lisp2perl translator/compiler works rather well. I've used it for a major project at work. It's also self hosting (used to compile itself).

I've put a bit more info, though not much, and the source on my website:-

http://www.hhdave.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Any thoughts or comments anyone?

-- David

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