Check the clojure-py2 project, they plan to use LLVM to generate native modules (as C compiled) for Python. When that objective is reached probably you will have almost all the machinery to compile python-less native binaries:
http://lanyrd.com/2013/clojurewest/sccgmm/ Saludos, Nahuel Greco. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Marko Kocić <ma...@euptera.com> wrote: > > > On Friday, January 25, 2013 6:12:07 AM UTC+1, Mikera wrote: >> >> A natively compiled Clojure would be very very interesting (perhaps >> targeting LLVM?) >> >> However it would also be very hard to implement. Clojure depends on a lot >> of features provided by the JVM (JIT compilation, interop with Java >> libraries, garbage collection being the most significant ones). It would be >> very hard to reimplement all of these from the ground up. The JVM is >> already a very good host platform, why fix something that isn't broken? >> > > What about native ClojuresScript? It doesn't have to implement everything > Clojure have already, and many people could consider it good enough > alternative to Clojure. I could personally live without runtime macros and > eval if it would gain me small and performant native executable. > > >> Arguably the effort would be better spend improving the JVM with extra >> features that would help Clojure (e.g. TCO). >> >> On Tuesday, 22 January 2013 00:29:54 UTC+8, octopusgrabbus wrote: >>> >>> I use Clojure primarily as a very reliable tool to aid in data >>> transformations, that is taking data in one application's database and >>> transforming it into the format needed for another applications' database. >>> >>> So, my question is would a natively compiled Clojure make sense or turn >>> the language into something that was not intended? In almost all instances >>> I have not found a problem with Clojure's execution speed so my question is >>> not about pro or anti Java. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> -- > -- > 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 > > > -- -- 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
