From pehua01 at gmail.com Sat Apr 1 16:29:23 2006 From: pehua01 at gmail.com (Peter Hua) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:29:23 -0600 Subject: [chicago-lisp] Re: SISC was: Hello In-Reply-To: <442D43F0.8090704@gmail.com> References: <442C000F.5040300@gmail.com> <442D43F0.8090704@gmail.com> Message-ID: Absolutely. I would like to be able integrate a Lisp/Scheme with Java to leverage its powerfule abstractions. Kawa isn't a complete Scheme implementation as its support for tail recursion and continuations is minimal. I will definitely have to look more at SISC (and its implmentation :). Mike also pointed me out to the Schemeway project which is kick-ass Eclipse plug-in for Scheme that is somewhat similar to Emacs/Slime for Lisp. Cheers, Peter On 3/31/06, Jesse Bouwman wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > I went to freenet:#scheme, asked about kawa, and was quickly steered > away from it, towards SISC. I don't think it was just provincialism, > the sisc implementation itself is clear and makes pretty enjoyable > reading, so I encourage you to take a look. It sounds, since you're > using kawa, that you have some need to talk to the Java, so maybe we can > share insights. > > Best regards, > Jesse > > Peter Hua wrote: > > Jesse, > > > > SISC looks really cool. I've been getting into Scheme lately using > Kawa, > > and the syntax is much cleaner than that of Lisp. > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > On 3/30/06, Jesse Bouwman wrote: > > > >>Hi Peter, > >> > >>No meetings have taken place as far as I know. The closest thing that I > >>can offer is that I wrote to a few friends, some of whom receive this > >>list, and managed a 2-person meeting last Friday, where I demonstrated a > >>SISC interpreter running as an Eclipse plugin, used for AST-level Java > >>code generation. I'd be happy to repeat this demo some time. > >> > >>This is not exactly pertinent to 'lisp' in the sense that I've been > >>accustomed to see it and perhaps that the name of this list suggests--in > >>the guise of *CL, in any case either with CL trappings or high awareness > >>of technical differentalia--but more to the lisp language family and > >>importantly its ecology. Perhaps the charter of this list gives the > >>impression of too narrow a focus? Programmers that I know always have > >>some side project in haskell, ml, or some other. I'd like to hear from > >>someone who has used Haskell for a substantial project, especially one > >>that interfaces well with others. > >> > >>Here's a thing: it's fun to take apart a problem in Scheme--more > >>specifically easy to refine one into essential relationships. I often > >>follow by casting the result into whatever environment instigated it. > >>The question arises, what is a good way to embed functional code in > >>imperative? Include the interpreter? To use untyped cons structures, or > >>standard 'collection' classes? I have taken a weak path here, with Java > >>linked lists, occasional clone()ing, and hiding functionally-unsafe code > >>with visibility controls, and I'd be curious to hear other opinions. > >> > >>Regards, > >>Jesse Bouwman > >> > >>p.s. > >> > >>Last Friday's meeting was at 5:30 PM, at a bar at 1150 N. Damen, Chicago > >>IL 60622, and I don't see a reason not to make it a standing engagement, > >>at least until some other arrangement suggests itself? > >> > >> > >> > >>Peter Hua wrote: > >> > >>>Hello, > >>> > >>>After seeing all the recent fun had by lispvan, I decided to join this > >>>list. Are there any upcoming meetings or events in the works? > >>>As a born-again Lisper, I would be curious to see what is going on in > >> > >>the > >> > >>>Lisp world. > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>>Peter > >>> > >>> > >>> > > >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>chicago-lisp site list > >>>chicago-lisp at common-lisp.net > >>>http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/chicago-lisp > >> > >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From corey.sweeney at gmail.com Sat Apr 1 20:15:11 2006 From: corey.sweeney at gmail.com (Corey Sweeney) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:15:11 -0600 Subject: [chicago-lisp] Hello In-Reply-To: References: <442C000F.5040300@gmail.com> Message-ID: On 3/30/06, Peter Hua wrote: > > Jesse, > > SISC looks really cool. I've been getting into Scheme lately using Kawa, > and the syntax is much cleaner than that of Lisp. > About time ;) Cheers, > Peter > -- ((lambda (y) (y y)) (lambda (y) (y y))) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dsears at riverglassinc.com Wed Apr 19 14:24:19 2006 From: dsears at riverglassinc.com (Duane Searsmith) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:24:19 -0500 Subject: [chicago-lisp] How alive is this group? Message-ID: <44464813.9070900@riverglassinc.com> Hi -- I too am in the Champaign/Urbana area but could possibly come up to Chicago for a meeting if it were held on a weekend. I work at RiverGlass -- a startup that has rolled out of UIUC. We are using Lisp as a central piece of our intelligent analyst software. I work with two other "Lispers" at RiverGlass -- John Cassel and Brian Downing. They may be interested in attending meetings as well. RiverGlass has a Chicago area office that we could probably use for meetings if anyone is interested. Our office is at the TRECC facility at the DuPage airport. Duane Searsmith