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The ones based on Java run on the JVM, which is always written in C :) The ones written in Lisp, well, at the bottom it's C again. I haven't seen a popular lisp

The ones based on Java run on the JVM, which is always written in C :) The ones written in Lisp, well, at the bottom it's C again. I haven't seen a popular lisp yet with a meaningful amount of assembly in lieu of C.

lispm 8y ago
> The ones written in Lisp I have some of these exotic Lisp Machines from the 80s which run no C code by default and where the C compiler is optional and written in Lisp. ;-) Obviously exotic and outdated. An alternate world. > I haven't seen a popular lisp yet with a meaningful amount of assembly in lieu of C. https://github.com/Clozure/ccl/tree/master/level-0/ARM https://github.com/Clozure/ccl/tree/master/level-0/ARM And, yes, the assembler is written in Lisp, too.
- Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
  You missed "popular". Very cool, though.
  - lispm 8y ago
    Relative to the Lisp world, Clozure CL is relatively 'popular'. ;-)
gpderetta 8y ago
Isn't oracle vm written in C++?
- Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
  Ah, fair point.
BeeOnRope 8y ago
HotSpot is written in C++. I don't know about the other popular JVMs (IBMs thing, Azul, etc) - but I would guess C++ also.
pjmlp 8y ago
Which Java VM? There are plenty to choose from, implement fully in Java like jikes, partially implemented in Java and C++ like OpenJDK, implemented in Java and C like MicroEJ, and lots of other ones to chose from. Then there is project Metropolis on the OpenJDK, which targets to replace Hotspot with Graal, thus reducing the amount of C++ code on the runtime.