Runiq is my attempt to tie together a few ideas from Lisp with some features of JavaScript inside an interpreted language. Syntax, flexibility, data-as-code DNA

Runiq is my attempt to tie together a few ideas from Lisp with some features of JavaScript inside an interpreted language. Syntax, flexibility, data-as-code DNA would come from Lisp, while a JS backing could give reach and a big module ecosystem. Runiq more or less does this translation: source: (hack (the) (planet!)) ast: ["hack", ["the"], ["planet!"]] reduce order: "the" "planet!" -> "hack" Function tokens map to predefined CPS JavaScript functions: "hack": function(a,b,cb){...}, // add numbers "the": function(cb){...}, // return 1 "planet!": function(cb){...}, // return 2 Outputs produce new trees that eventually reduce to a value. -> ["hack", ["the"], ["planet!"]] -> ["hack", 1, 2] -> [3] -> 3 Runiq is very much an experiment, and some design decisions I made have trade-offs (speed, for one). But Runiq could still find a niche somewhere between grown-up projects like Clojure(Script) and single-purpose languages like PuzzleScript, both of which I admire.