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Anyone have points of comparison to https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie ?

comment by fulafel · 2024-05-12 · in Basilisp: A Clojure-ish Lisp dialect targeting Python 3.8

…are not "QL Compatible" [0] https://www.ale-lang.org/ [1] https://github.com/nukata/lisp-in-go [2] https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie [3] https://github.com/candid82/joker (Clojure like) [4] https://janet-lang.org/ (more Clojure like than…

comment by rawoke083600 · 2022-07-15 · in Lisp in 99 lines of C and how to write one yourself [pdf]

…Pycket benchmarks did turn up this[3] 2017 thread/paper on the Nash (Guile) tracing JIT. [1] https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie/issues/312 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9545628 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13773796

comment by mncharity · 2018-09-17 · in Pycket: A Tracing JIT For a Functional Language (2015) [pdf]

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Pixie

story by tosh · 2018-09-11 · 0 comments

…new languages written in it. Pixie [0] is an example of another language written in RPython. [0]: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by shmolyneaux · 2018-01-20 · in C as an intermediate language (2012)

See also https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by souenzzo · 2017-08-03 · in Hy – A Lisp-flavored Python

Checkout this https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie Clojure-inspired lisp over pypy/jit Performs almost equal C/compiled languages.

comment by souenzzo · 2017-07-19 · in Back to the Future: Lisp as a Base for a Statistical Computing System [pdf]

There's also https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie - a Clojure flavoured Lisp on top of the PyPy JIT foundation.

comment by fulafel · 2017-03-16 · in Scala Native v0.1

…. If you want something light like Clojure and don't need any Java libs, try Pixie. https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie If you want something light not like Clojure, Go is a great choice. It's fast to compile, fast to run and doesn't…

comment by it · 2017-02-01 · in The JVM is not that heavy

…is great, but note that development has seemingly fallen off to close to zero over the last year: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie/graphs/contributors

comment by mschaef · 2017-01-17 · in Pixie – A small, fast, native Lisp

Is it this? https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by nerdponx · 2017-01-09 · in How Lisp-family languages facilitate building bioinformatics applications

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story by tosh · 2016-12-15 · 0 comments

…Clojure has too much startup overhead for scripting, maybe Pixie[1] will pique your interest. [1] https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by Spiritus · 2016-12-09 · in How to Use Clojure for Scripting

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story by tosh · 2016-11-28 · 0 comments

Also, https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by agumonkey · 2016-10-24 · in How to Write a Lisp Interpreter in Python (2010)

…interpreter, JIT, GC, and stdlib clock in at about 10.3MB once compiled down to an executable. [1] https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by JBiserkov · 2016-10-14 · in Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum

…language on a JIT VM. I'm not sure what the status is, but it appears to be active. [1]: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by shoover · 2016-10-07 · in Reflections of an “Old” Programmer

Have you seen Pixie? It meets many of the goals you describe: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by pjlegato · 2016-06-06 · in Jaunt – A friendly Clojure fork

…( http://norvig.com/lispy.html ) to Java as a weekend project and now I'm curious about Pixie ( https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie )

comment by eccp · 2015-11-01 · in Ask HN: What are you currently learning in your spare time?

People interested in NewLisp may also like Pixie, a small Clojure-like scripting language. https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by pjlegato · 2015-09-25 · in NewLisp

…shell script Planck can be installed using homebrew now as well. Another promising option is Pixie https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by yogthos · 2015-09-20 · in Better Java – Resources for Writing Modern Java

…PyPy of course (but goes without saying): Pixie, the lang and VM that is a native, high-speed Lisp. https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by 616c · 2015-08-01 · in The Magic of RPython

https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie could be worth a look. That said, "add more type hints" hasn't generally been my experience of Clojure. If anything, it tends to be an indication that you've already gone a bit far down the path of…

comment by dasmoth · 2015-06-11 · in Show HN: Clojure by Example

Pixie https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie has a branch which intends to follow the design of this pycket VM. This will allows true tail calls in a clojure like language. Really exciting. https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie/issues/312

comment by andrewchambers · 2015-05-14 · in Pycket: A Tracing JIT for a Functional Language

…article? It shows an example (that uses brackets and indeed looks like Clojure/lisp syntax). [1]: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by dorfsmay · 2015-05-06 · in Pixie Pi

…Pixie runs over - RPython - PyPi. (The bracket "thing" is not a Clojure feature, it is lisp) [1]: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie#features

comment by aliem · 2015-05-06 · in Pixie Pi

There's a LLVM Clojure dialect called Pixie https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie that has extremely fast startup

comment by yogthos · 2015-04-22 · in Do Accounting in Clojure and Datomic

Pixie[1] is also worth a look. It's Clojure-like scripting language written in RPython. [1] https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by sputnikus · 2015-04-15 · in Common Lisp as a Scripting Language, 2015 Edition

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Pixie: A small fast, native lisp with "magical" powers

story by Spiritus · 2015-03-10 · 1 comment

Direct link to pixie's github https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by agumonkey · 2015-03-09 · in Pixie: A sweet Clojure-ish language

I recommend taking a look at Pixie https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by yogthos · 2015-01-16 · in Why Clojure?

Pixie https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie looks like it should address that nicely.

comment by yogthos · 2015-01-16 · in Why Clojure?

I recommend checking Pixie out https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by yogthos · 2015-01-16 · in Why Clojure?

…asking about is Pixie [1], which is a Clojure-like language implemented in Pypy's RPython. [1] https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie It'd be possible to implement a Clojure in Nim, you'd just have to port the datastructures and enough…

comment by grayrest · 2015-01-02 · in What is special about Nim?

…at Pixie. "Pixie is a lightweight lisp suitable for both general use as well as shell scripting." https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by jramnani · 2014-12-30 · in Everyday hassles in Go

I think Pixie is a very promising attempt at something like that https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by yogthos · 2014-12-25 · in Clojure: Creating a reducible repeat

You should definitely check out Pixie: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie

comment by lemming · 2014-12-20 · in LuaJIT Language Toolkit

…agree with this article. I was surprised how fast I was able to implement the guts of pixie ( http://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie ) using RPython I had a repl, with a JIT and a GC done in about 40 hours of work (this is a pet project and…

comment by _halgari · 2014-10-26 · in Fast Enough VMs in Fast Enough Time (2013)

…python bytecode. The bytecode used by pixie is custom and also interpreted by pixie itself[1]. [1]: https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie/blob/master/pixie/vm/int...

comment by DasIch · 2014-10-20 · in Pixie: A small fast, native lisp

…the lisp code into python bytecode, which is pretty neat - sort of like clojure is for the JVM. https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie/blob/master/pixie/vm/com... Perhaps not magical, but I like the effort (though lisp-as-shell has to contend…

comment by gopalv · 2014-10-20 · in Pixie: A small fast, native lisp

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Pixie: A small fast, native lisp

story by emidln · 2014-10-20 · 56 comments