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It would seem to me that some variety of Lisp would be the ideal candidate as a sort of runs-everywhere language, a thin portable base language that runs on top

It would seem to me that some variety of Lisp would be the ideal candidate as a sort of runs-everywhere language, a thin portable base language that runs on top of different runtimes, offering easy integration with whichever it is running on. Basically, something like a minimalist Clojure but not just for Java. It would be able to run atop the CLR, JavaScript or the Objective-C runtime as well. The interface with the host platform may be different, as long as the core language works everywhere. Ideally the core would be tiny.

ChuckMcM 14y ago
Forth. Constructing the basic machine is trivial, then the rest just comes along with it.
- qznc 14y ago
  Though Forth is only really elegant, when implemented in assembly. Forth requires to generate code on the fly. For something like the JVM, this means to implement your own bytecode interpreter or hijack the class loader. Neither solution comes close to the simplicity of writing some machine code into memory and jump into it.
mischov 14y ago
So something like Clojure, but that runs on the CLR and Javascript as well? CLR - https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr JS - https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript Python - https://github.com/halgari/clojure-py https://github.com/halgari/clojure-py Lua - https://github.com/raph-amiard/clojurescript-lua https://github.com/raph-amiard/clojurescript-lua C - https://github.com/schani/clojurec https://github.com/schani/clojurec (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
- netfeed 14y ago
  Ruby - https://github.com/unnali/rouge https://github.com/unnali/rouge
jdc 14y ago
You more or less just described Kernel Lisp - http://www.lambdassociates.org/blog/nextlisp(3).htm http://www.lambdassociates.org/blog/nextlisp(3).htm.
bitdiddle 14y ago
scheme
danenania 14y ago
Clojurescript compiles seamlessly to javascript, which has become almost universal. It provides a beautiful, battle-ready lisp.

ChuckMcM 14y ago

Forth. Constructing the basic machine is trivial, then the rest just comes along with it.

qznc 14y ago
Though Forth is only really elegant, when implemented in assembly. Forth requires to generate code on the fly. For something like the JVM, this means to implement your own bytecode interpreter or hijack the class loader. Neither solution comes close to the simplicity of writing some machine code into memory and jump into it.

mischov 14y ago

So something like Clojure, but that runs on the CLR and Javascript as well? CLR - https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr JS - https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript Python - https://github.com/halgari/clojure-py https://github.com/halgari/clojure-py Lua - https://github.com/raph-amiard/clojurescript-lua https://github.com/raph-amiard/clojurescript-lua C - https://github.com/schani/clojurec https://github.com/schani/clojurec (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

netfeed 14y ago
Ruby - https://github.com/unnali/rouge https://github.com/unnali/rouge

jdc 14y ago

You more or less just described Kernel Lisp - http://www.lambdassociates.org/blog/nextlisp(3).htm http://www.lambdassociates.org/blog/nextlisp(3).htm.

bitdiddle 14y ago

scheme

danenania 14y ago

Clojurescript compiles seamlessly to javascript, which has become almost universal. It provides a beautiful, battle-ready lisp.