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lam(n.) -- where you go when a scheme goes bad
by C. Duckworth
about lam
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lam is my little toy lisp evaluator. written in lua!
(no, it isn't fennel.)
this is /very much/ a work in progress.
lam uses lua 5.1 or luajit.
it might work elsewhere, but i've not tested it on those.
using lam
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you can set up a repl of lam to test it out:
> make repl
all of lua's math.* functions are available, as well as
- +, *, /, -
- =, <, >, <=, >=
- null?
- number?
- symbol?
- apply
- begin
- map
- car
- cdr
- list
and special forms
- quote
- define
- lambda
plus, some special lam functions:
- luatype (the lua types of a value)
- type (the lam type of the value)
lam limitations
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- lam just has numbers and operations on them
- uh, and symbols. and lists. and lambdas and environments.
todo
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- move schemestr from repl into pp and expand (lua/lam pp, etc)
- add more datatypes (strings, anyone?!)
- numeric tower (oof) (at least exact/inexact numbers)
- ....
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contributions/help WELCOME!
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