Re: [boost] new library proposition : lisp interpreter library

From: Brannon King (brannonking_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-12 11:44:29

Would it be robust enough to run the ol' NESL parser? Link:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~scandal/nesl.html 

I just worry that it would not be sufficient to run existing LISP programs.
LISP scripting has died off; I'd be more interested in using it for support
of legacy code.

> I want to suggest a new boost library, that could be used to 
> parse and run lisp programs.
> I think of a way to create at compile time a language 
> interpreter with list syntax, but with only the needed 
> features. It could be used for people who need to run simple 
> scripts from a C++ program, but who don't want to use python.