Re: lisp where java already exists

[Spiros Bousbouras]

On 23 Oct, 17:35, "transkawa" <transk...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> For a java programmer, I would like to know where does lisp (I'm reading
> scheme dialect) converge or intersect with java, and also where is it
> mutually exclusive, if any, since lisp if very old.
> in brief, what would make a java programmer consider learning lisp? I am
> surprised that after all this years it still has an enthusiastic following.

Since you are asking about Scheme the right place to ask is
comp.lang.scheme not comp.lang.lisp so I'm crossposting and
setting follow-ups accordingly.

Let the schemers have a flamewar for a change ;-)

[comp.lang.scheme]

Junia gives many examples on how to write programs in Bigloo Scheme
that interacts with Java. If you are using Windows, all you need is to
download her distribution. There are two kinds of examples:

1 -- Programs that uses Java API from native code scheme.
2 -- Programs that mix Scheme and Java.

Her address is:

code.google.com/p/winbigloo

You may also want to see Stalin and Java at:

code.google.com/p/stalingui

[AndrewW]

There's plenty of ways to use Scheme with Java and vice-versa e.g. :-

SISC is a Java based Scheme interpreter that has a immature but lovely
web framework called SISCWeb. When you look at this framework you will
see the benefits that Scheme offers over a lower level language like
Java.

More mainstream and becoming very trendy is Clojure which is a Scheme-
like language specifically for the JVM and offers simple integration
with Java and Java libraries. This has quite a following now so is
well worth a look.

Kawa is another JVM scheme and as already mentioned Bigloo is a
standalone compiler that can generate JVM bytecode.