[devijvers]

I've scanned the Parenscript docs and it doesn't seem immediately obvious how to combine node.js and Parenscript without having to include Common Lisp. Also, there's a number of things on my wish list that compelled me to write my own lisp implementation (there are other JavaScript lisp implementations):

* only requirement is node.js and the lisp source distribution, no other dependencies. * ability to debug lisp code from the browser. * immutable data structures.

I feel I can implement a lisp that can run the examples in <i>Let Over Lambda</i> in a couple of weeks. The lisp won't be as stable as Parenscript but that's ok. Only at that point can the real work start of building the web framework that is lisp.js. I think the most important bit for me is to have a base that I can modify as the needs arise. I'm already trying to include as many lisp concepts in the test source as I can find to make sure lisp.js is a general purpose lisp. In that respect I'm setting several goals: get lisp-in-lisp working, get Let Over Lambda examples working, ... any other useful lisp constructs that I come across. That's a journey I can only make if I do my own lisp implementation.

[mnemonik]

Regarding using NodeJS with ParenScript: it is really easy.

I am using Node on the backend of http://tryparenscript.com/ simply because it was easier to get up and running than Hunchentoot. Source code is on GitHub, if you want to check it out: http://github.com/fitzgen/tryparenscript.com

Here is the "Hello, WOrld!" example from the NodeJS homepage in ParenScript:

    (defvar *http* (require "http"))
    (chain *http*
           (create-server (lambda (req res)
                            ((@ res write-head) 200
                                                (create "Content-Type"
                                                        "text/plain"))
                            ((@ res end) "Hello, World!\n")))
           (listen 8124 "127.0.0.1"))
    ((@ console log) "Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/")

[gruseom]

Far be it from me to stand between a programmer and his own Lisp implementation.

[jbr]

I'd love your help on sibilant; I started it with exactly the same motivation.