On 3/31/06, Jesse Bouwman <jesse.bouwman@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Peter,

I went to freenet:#scheme, asked about kawa, and was quickly steered
away from it, towards SISC.  I don't think it was just provincialism,
the sisc implementation itself is clear and makes pretty enjoyable
reading, so I encourage you to take a look.   It sounds, since you're
using kawa, that you have some need to talk to the Java, so maybe we can
share insights.

Best regards,
Jesse

Peter Hua wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> SISC looks really cool.  I've been getting into Scheme lately using Kawa,
> and the syntax is much cleaner than that of Lisp.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> On 3/30/06, Jesse Bouwman < jesse.bouwman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>No meetings have taken place as far as I know. The closest thing that I
>>can offer is that I wrote to a few friends, some of whom receive this
>>list, and managed a 2-person meeting last Friday, where I demonstrated a
>>SISC interpreter running as an Eclipse plugin, used for AST-level Java
>>code generation.  I'd be happy to repeat this demo some time.
>>
>>This is not exactly pertinent to 'lisp' in the sense that I've been
>>accustomed to see it and perhaps that the name of this list suggests--in
>>the guise of *CL, in any case either with CL trappings or high awareness
>>of technical differentalia--but more to the lisp language family and
>>importantly its ecology.   Perhaps the charter of this list gives the
>>impression of too narrow a focus?  Programmers that I know always have
>>some side project in haskell, ml, or some other.  I'd like to hear from
>>someone who has used Haskell for a substantial project, especially one
>>that interfaces well with others.
>>
>>Here's a thing: it's fun to take apart a problem in Scheme--more
>>specifically easy to refine one into essential relationships. I often
>>follow by casting the result into whatever environment instigated it.
>>The question arises, what is a good way to embed functional code in
>>imperative?  Include the interpreter? To use untyped cons structures, or
>>standard 'collection' classes?  I have taken a weak path here, with Java
>>linked lists, occasional clone()ing, and hiding functionally-unsafe code
>>with visibility controls, and I'd be curious to hear other opinions.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jesse Bouwman
>>
>>p.s.
>>
>>Last Friday's meeting was at 5:30 PM, at a bar at 1150 N. Damen, Chicago
>>IL 60622, and I don't see a reason not to make it a standing engagement,
>>at least until some other arrangement suggests itself?
>>
>>
>>
>>Peter Hua wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>After seeing all the recent fun had by lispvan, I decided to join this
>>>list.  Are there any upcoming meetings or events in the works?
>>>As a born-again Lisper, I would be curious to see what is going on in
>>
>>the
>>
>>>Lisp world.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Peter
>>>
>>>
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