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This document covers some of the background on how Cyclone was written, including aspects of the compiler and runtime system. This document covers some of the background on how Cyclone was written, including aspects of the compiler and runtime system.
Before we get started, I want to say Thank You to everyone that has contributed to the Scheme community. At the end of this document is a list of online resources that were the most helpful and influential in writing Cyclone. Without these quality Scheme resources it would not have been possible to write Cyclone. Before we get started, I want to say Thank You to everyone that has contributed to the Scheme community. At the end of this document is a list of online resources that were the most helpful and influential in writing Cyclone. Without quality Scheme resources like these it would not have been possible to write Cyclone.
In addition to those resources, developing [Husk Scheme](http://justinethier.github.io/husk-scheme) helped me discover many of the resources that would later be used to build Cyclone. In fact, the primary motivation in building Cyclone was to go a step further and understand not only how to write a Scheme compiler but also how to build a runtime system. Over time some of the features and understanding gained in Cyclone may be folded back into Husk. In addition to those resources, developing [Husk Scheme](http://justinethier.github.io/husk-scheme) helped me discover many of the resources that would later be used to build Cyclone. In fact, the primary motivation in building Cyclone was to go a step further and understand not only how to write a Scheme compiler but also how to build a runtime system. Over time some of the features and understanding gained in Cyclone may be folded back into Husk.
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- Macro expansion - Macro expansion
- Processing of globals - Processing of globals
- Alpha conversion - [Alpha conversion](https://wiki.haskell.org/Alpha_conversion)
- CPS conversion - [CPS conversion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation-passing_style)
- Closure conversion - [Closure conversion](http://matt.might.net/articles/closure-conversion/)
Since Scheme represents both code and data using [S-Expressions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression), our compiler does not have to use abstract data types to store the code as would be the case with many other languages. Since Scheme represents both code and data using [S-Expressions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression), our compiler does not have to use abstract data types to store the code as would be the case with many other languages.