2.1 KiB
Cyclone is an experimental Scheme-to-C compiler that uses the Cheney on the MTA technique to implement full tail recursion, continuations, and generational garbage collection.
Building
Prerequisites:
- make
- gcc
- CHICKEN Scheme
CHICKEN is required to bootstrap the Scheme parts of Cyclone. A long-term goal is for the compiler to be self-hosting.
From the source directory, to build and run the compiler:
$ make
...
$ ./cyclone
To build the interpreter:
$ make repl
...
$ ./repl
Installation
At the moment there is no support for a separate installation. Just run cyclone from the build directory.
Documentation
Run the cyclone command to compile a single Scheme file, and the repl command to start the interactive interpreter.
List of features.
TODO: "how it works section", or a link to a document that provides a brief overview. Much of this would also involve tying together references
References
- CONS Should Not CONS Its Arguments, Part II: Cheney on the M.T.A., by Henry Baker
- CHICKEN Scheme
- Chibi Scheme
- Compiling Scheme to C with closure conversion
- Lisp in Small Pieces, by Christian Queinnec
- R5RS Scheme Specification
- R7RS Scheme Specification
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman
- The 90 minute Scheme to C compiler, by Marc Feeley
License
Copyright (C) 2014 Justin Ethier
License terms TBD