https://github.com/barrettotte/cpp-lisp

[Unfinished] Following Make a Lisp (MAL) to code up a simple lisp interpreter. I wanted to learn more about lisp and refresh on C++.
https://github.com/barrettotte/cpp-lisp

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[Unfinished] Following Make a Lisp (MAL) to code up a simple lisp interpreter. I wanted to learn more about lisp and refresh on C++.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/barrettotte/cpp-lisp
• Owner: barrettotte
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-04-02T23:42:55.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-04-18T21:22:34.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-09T00:17:28.346Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: cpp, interpreter, lisp, repl
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 27.3 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# CPP-Lisp

Screwing around with C++ to learn more about lisp, refresh on a bit of C++, and make a basic lisp interpreter.

I used [Make a Lisp(MAL)](https://github.com/kanaka/mal) as a general guide, but somewhat went off course in implementation.

## Why...does the code...look like...that?

So, I'm definitely not a C++ programmer. This is a completely bastardized C++ implementation.

C++ was one of the first languages I started with, but I never went too deep into modern C++ or OOP.

I really did start out trying to use proper OOP concepts (polymorphism, inheritance, etc), but

after screwing around for a couple coding sessions I threw my hands in the air.

Namely, I was fighting with dynamic casting objects...it could have been something silly.

I decided it would be a lot more fun to do this off of "pure instinct" instead.

What it produced was a janky object hierarchy and some stuff that should be limited to C.

One day I do hope to come back and strengthen up my C++ OOP...

## References

* Lispy - http://norvig.com/lispy.html

* Make a Lisp - https://github.com/kanaka/mal

* Fascinating background - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language)