Cherry Lisp

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 |  \  A tiny, curried and lazy Lisp.
 @   @

Curried? Lazy?

Currying consists in convert one function that takes multiple arguments into multiple functions that each take a single argument.

WIP

Lazyness is when an expression is only evaluated when is necessary.

Features

• Interpreted
• Dynamic typed
• Functional (impure)
• Curried
• Lazy evaluation
• It's a Lisp

Inspiration

This language is being created for fun.

It takes inspiration of some features of Haskell (like currification and lazy evaluation) and the syntax of Lisp.

A small taste

cherry> (set! x 10)
nil
cherry> x
10
cherry> (const 3 6)
3
cherry> (set! always-seven (const 7))
nil
cherry> always-seven
#[lambda y x]
cherry> (always-seven 1)
7
cherry> (always-seven 8)
7

Download and build instructions

Install the stack build tool. On Debian based systems, run (as root):

# apt install haskell-stack

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://git.fai.su/Suguivy/cherry-lisp

Compile it:

$ cd cherry-lisp
$ stack upgrade
$ stack build

Install and execute it:

$ stack install
$ cherry

Work in progress...