Re: [racket-users] racket virtual machine

2015-06-05 Thread Robby Findler
You might have a look at Whalesong. It is a racket-js compiler that, IMO, was headed in a good direction. It's not a small thing, however. Robby On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Neil Van Dyke n...@neilvandyke.org wrote: Thanks, Jens Axel, Raoul, and Robby. Different question... For support

[racket-users] Re: racket virtual machine

2015-06-05 Thread Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
On 06/05/2015 06:37 AM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: Thanks, Jens Axel, Raoul, and Robby. Different question... For support for writing polished Web browser (and PhoneGap) apps in Racket, any comments on which of the following two options is better (viable, easier to implement and maintain, better

Re: [racket-users] racket virtual machine

2015-06-05 Thread Jens Axel Søgaard
2015-06-05 6:37 GMT+02:00 Neil Van Dyke n...@neilvandyke.org: 2. Forget about `eval`, require apps to be compilable on development host (but not necessarily runnable there), implement compiler from `.zo` to JS (managing TCO, etc.), implement small Racket runtime library in JS, implement

Re: [racket-users] racket virtual machine

2015-06-05 Thread Kimball Germane
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard jensa...@soegaard.net wrote: 2015-06-05 6:37 GMT+02:00 Neil Van Dyke n...@neilvandyke.org: 2. Forget about `eval`, require apps to be compilable on development host (but not necessarily runnable there), implement compiler from `.zo` to JS

RE: [racket-users] defform quastion

2015-06-05 Thread Jos Koot
Hi It took me more than hours to find the following for a #:grammar clause in defform: [ne-arglist arg (code:line ne-arglist @#,(litchar ,) arg)] in order to produce ne-arglist = arg | ne-arglist , arg It is abracadabra for me, but it works. I found it by trial and many

Re: [racket-users] racket virtual machine

2015-06-05 Thread Neil Van Dyke
I recall Whalesong, and was hoping something simpler would work. Robby Findler wrote on 06/05/2015 08:21 AM: You might have a look at Whalesong. It is a racket-js compiler that, IMO, was headed in a good direction. It's not a small thing, however. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [racket-users] racket virtual machine

2015-06-05 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Neil Van Dyke n...@neilvandyke.org wrote: Thanks, Jens Axel, Raoul, and Robby. Different question... For support for writing polished Web browser (and PhoneGap) apps in Racket, any comments on which of the following two options is better (viable, easier to

Re: [racket-users] racket virtual machine

2015-06-05 Thread Robby Findler
Ah, sorry. I think it would be a great thing if it were possible to have something simpler that did Whalesong's job. I feel like this is possible and something we're moving slowly towards as we chip away at moving parts of the runtime system up into Racket proper. Robby On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at