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@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ Embeddable & Hackable Lisp-2 Interpreter There is a WebAssembly build, you can [try it online](https://mistivia.github.io/bamboo-lisp/). -## Features +## About + +**Features:** - Lisp-2 (more like Common Lisp or Emacs Lisp) - Lexical scoping -- The interpreter part is ~2500 LOC (excluding built-in functions) +- A small but extensible core - Tail call optimization - Any C99 compiler should work - A simple mark-sweep GC @@ -21,25 +23,21 @@ There is a WebAssembly build, you can [try it online](https://mistivia.github.io - break - continue -## Drawbacks +**Drawbacks:** To keep simplicity, Bamboo Lisp is a VERY SLOW tree-walking interpreter. The performance is similar to other small Lisp interpreters like TinyScheme or very early Emacs Lisp, which is only 1/5 to 1/10 that of modern Python. -## Build - -Install dependency first, see [algds](https://github.com/mistivia/algds) for details. +**Summary:** -Debug: +If you want a TinyScheme-like embeddable lisp intereter but in Lisp-2 flavour, Bamboo Lisp is for you. -```bash -make -``` +## Build -Release: +Install dependency first, see [algds](https://github.com/mistivia/algds) for details. ```bash -make clean make mode=release +sudo make install ``` ## Usage |