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Top 4 Scheme Compiler Projects
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cyclone
:cyclone: A brand-new compiler that allows practical application development using R7RS Scheme. We provide modern features and a stable system capable of generating fast native binaries.
Project mention: A Performance Comparison of Modern Garbage Collectors (2021) [pdf] | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-30There's Cyclone Scheme, though I don't know how good its GC is in practice: https://justinethier.github.io/cyclone/
Also I would expect a programming language used by enterprise to do fewer experiments with the GC than a language worked on in academia.
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swift-lispkit
Interpreter framework for Lisp-based extension and scripting languages on macOS and iOS. LispKit is based on the R7RS standard for Scheme. Its compiler generates bytecode for a virtual machine. LispKit is fully implemented in Swift 5.
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ol
Otus Lisp (Ol) is a purely functional multi-platform Scheme dialect with built-in FFI and infix math.
Interesting; it's an opinionated implementation of R7RS. Lost of deviations is here:
https://github.com/yuriy-chumak/ol/blob/master/doc/R7RS-DIFF...
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Otus Lisp
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A Performance Comparison of Modern Garbage Collectors (2021) [pdf]
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Quote-Unquote "Macros"
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Best implementation for standalone + browser executable?
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How to Detect a Cycle in a Linked List
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Which Scheme for compiling C to use in WASM?
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Compiler projects in Scheme? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cyclone | 853 |
| 2 | swift-lispkit | 413 |
| 3 | IronScheme | 392 |
| 4 | ol | 263 |
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