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dmiller / clojure-clr-next

Next generation of ClojureCLR under development.
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F# for ClojureCLR-next , have you considered Fable? #2

Closed abhi18av closed 7 years ago

abhi18av commented 7 years ago

Hi again @dmiller)

Hey, I read in the wiki that you're looking to implement the next version of clojureCLR in F# - this definitely makes me exited as apart from Haskell, this is one language with a type-system !

Anyway, have you seen the F# -> JS Fable trans-compiler ? I feel that the first major hiccup we can address is to provide a comfortable dev. environment and if we model our approach on the Ionide project with and related projects within github/ionide org. we can keep the entire experience pretty simple.

Plus, we can target VSCode and Atom for ClojureCLR at the same time - the F# compiler is now available in coreCLR.

Moving forward, what's your plan?

dmiller commented 7 years ago

There were three possibilities: continue in C# (boring), try to do a full clojure-in-clojure implementation (too hard) and F# (I get to have some fun). HOwever, I'm still getting my F# skills in shape. Part of that is reading, part coding. And I've been looking through the F# compiler --as you pointed out. I have not look at the Fable trans-compiler -- thanks for pointing it out. I'm adding it to my list.

The dev environment is an issue. Even without clojure-clr-next, that could be worked on. Ionide I've used a little, haven't looked at the code. I agree with the thought that if it's good enough for the F# crowd, and simple, it will be a good model. Do you have an interest in pursuing that side of things?

Feel free to contact me directly at dmiller2718 [at] gmail.com

abhi18av commented 7 years ago

Nice to hear back from you, so I'm moving the conversation to the mails :)