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Ki – A lisp for your JavaScript

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Re: Ki – A lisp for your JavaScript

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It's actually named KL (with a lower-case L), but yes, that was close.

What's the difference? I mean, Shen is ported to JS, and doesn't require Node. Can it play with JS like KL? Shen is pretty cool with a built-in, functional Prolog too, and static typing you can turn on or off.

Shen is pretty amazing, it's a full fledged functional language with lots of features and lots of compilation backends. I don't think there's a lot of ground for a comparison with ki, which is much more limited in scope.

Re: Ki – A lisp for your JavaScript

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If the person I replied do doesn't like the JVM why are they writing Clojure in the first place?

I've programmed lots of clojure. But in the end, I am too annoyed by the jvm ecosystem, the good that is clojure doesn't weight up the java crap, so while I love the language, I cannot stand the environment.

Would trying the CLR version be an option? Or is this really a cry for a better VM? Or is this really really a cry for an LLVM implementation?
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