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Re:A Lisp that runs Python (2016) by phoe-krk on Friday October 13, 2017 @01:13PM (#15467497)
Not unlike Lisp Flavored Erlang, which is a Lisp atop Erlang's BEAM virtual machine and that compiles into pure Erlang.
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Re:A Lisp that runs Python (2016) by fasquoika on Friday October 13, 2017 @04:38PM (#15469073)
I thought it compiled to BEAM bytecode, is that wrong?
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Re:A Lisp that runs Python (2016) by s_kilk on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:05PM (#15469228)
(From memory, don't quote me on this), The BEAM bytecode is apparently not well documented, so the standard practice for compile-to-beam languages is to emit Erlang terms, then use the erlang toolchain to compile down to bytecode. I think that's how Elixir and LFE do it anyways.

Someone correct me if I've got that wrong.

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Re:A Lisp that runs Python (2016) by fasquoika on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:16PM (#15470324)
If I'm reading this[0] correctly, it looks like you're right.

[0]: https://github.com/rvirding/lfe/blob/develop/src/lfe_comp.er...

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