On Dec 21, 3:09 pm, pmf <phil.fr...@gmx.de> wrote: > On Dec 20, 7:22 pm, nathaniel <nathan...@photino.org> wrote: > > > Does anyone know of Clojure features > > which rely on Java features that would be prohibitively difficult to > > implement in C++? > > You might run into the problem than any C++ garbage collector you find > will probably not be quite as efficient as the JVM's garbage collector > (I don't think it would be possible to implement Clojure without a > GC). Additionally, a lot of Clojure's concurrency features rely on > Java's concurrency mechanisms and how these are mapped to the JVM's > concurrency semantics and memory model, for which you will also have > to find a suitable C++ library.
Yes, if you want to port Clojure to native code it might be easier to use a host language that already has these features but closely resembles C++. Candidates are D and the new Google Go. Go in particular seems interesting because one of their goals is to make a very efficient GC and the language is somewhat multicore aware. /mac -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
