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ClojureScript is a subset of Clojure that compiles to Google Closure-optimized JavaScript, so close enough, right?

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Googling turned up several on just the first page of results:

http://www.biwascheme.org/

http://sisc-scheme.org/sisc-online.php

http://lisperator.net/slip/

http://alex.nisnevich.com/ecmachine/

But the parent is really the right answer -- ClojureScript is actually targeted at meeting modern web development challenges and has a thriving ecosystem of powerful tools for the same.

Compiling to Javascript isn't what I find interesting. I'd like support for <script type="text/lisp" language="common-lisp" src="web-ui.lisp">.

Pure Lisp, compiled for the user's browser and OS. No Javascript anywhere.

You can do this now

  <script src="biwascheme.js">
  (console-log "Hello, world!")
  </script>

You see that ".js" in your example? I don't want it.

I would like to know how to implement and deploy a scripting engine that has no dependencies on Javascript whatsoever.

That doesn't materially matter. I know you don't want it, but it in no way effects the computation.

http://hoplon.io/ is a lot closer to the Hickey/Norvig/Anderson paper.

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