C-MERA's default code generator is textual C. This project uses LLVM's API, which is sadly difficult to utilize outside of C++.
From the CLASP page:
> Clasp is a new Common Lisp implementation that seamlessly interoperates with C++ libraries and programs using LLVM for compilation to native code. This allows Clasp to take advantage of a vast array of preexisting libraries and programs, such as out of the scientific computing ecosystem. Embedding them in a Common Lisp environment allows you to make use of rapid prototyping, incremental development, and other capabilities that make it a powerful language.
you wrote:
> This project uses LLVM's API, which is sadly difficult to utilize outside of C++.
I would guess that you could use LLVM's API via CLASP. The author initially wrote ( https://drmeister.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/announcing-clasp/) :
> Clasp exposes the LLVM C++ library within Common Lisp providing a rich, dynamic, programming environment for exploring the LLVM library and for writing new compilers that generate LLVM-IR.
Then you could write the parser/compiler in Lisp, which supports manipulating s-expressions on a simpler level than C++ does.
2) "Why isn't it written in Lisp?" It's 42% C++ according to GitHub.
3) Based on a hunch and past experiences, I'm going to ignore any follow ups on this thread.
EDIT: And now I look like a jerk because lispm replaced his terse comment with a fuller comment. My apologies for even engaging in the first place. Should have known better.
Anyway, Dale looks like a cool project.