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I read somewhere it is kind of impossible to implement Clojure without the JVM... I would really like to see a Clojure on LLVM project though. Maybe speed won'

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• pjmlp 13y ago
  The only dependency to the JVM would be the advantage of integrating with the Java ecosystem. When compiling Clojure to native code, you won't be able to use Java libraries, unless the native compiler can also generate native code for .class files.
  • Skinney 13y ago
    True, but a Clojure-to-native compiler would be able to use native libraries, which isn't exactely in short supply either.
    • pjmlp 13y ago
      You are right, the main problem being that those native libraries don't know anything about GC and you are forced to create some form of FFI.
• phaedryx 13y ago
  Not necessarily: http://clojure.org/clojureclr http://clojure.org/clojureclr http://clojure.org/clojurescript http://clojure.org/clojurescript
• markc 13y ago
  Implementations already exist for the CLR as well as Python, C, Scheme, and of course JavaScript. LLVM appears to be in the thinking stage still: https://github.com/halgari/clojure-metal https://github.com/halgari/clojure-metal
  • Touche 13y ago
    To be fair, nothing but JVM and JavaScript are more than just prototypes.
    • mortyseinfeld 13y ago
      That's not true. In fact, the CLR port has been around and up to date for years and before ClojureScript.
      • Touche 13y ago
        It's used by no one.
        • mortyseinfeld 13y ago
          You're not only wrong, but incapable of knowing that.