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Simple Lisp implementation in JavaScript. Web REPL demo

Note: this is an experimental library for educational purposes only

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/amitayh/lispjs $ cd lispjs $ npm install 

Running tests

$ npm test 

Example programs

var interpreter = require('./interpreter'); var core = require('./core'); function run(prog) { console.log(interpreter.run(prog, core.env)); } // Fibonacci var fib = [ // Define fib function ['define', 'fib', ['lambda', ['n'], ['if', ['<', 'n', 2], 1, ['+', ['fib', ['-', 'n', 1]], ['fib', ['-', 'n', 2]]]]]], // Call function ['fib', 5] ]; run(fib); // Prints 8 // Factorial var fact = [ // Define fact function ['define', 'fact', ['lambda', ['n'], ['if', ['<', 'n', 2], 1, ['*', 'n', ['fact', ['-', 'n', 1]]]]]], // Call function ['fact', 5] ]; run(fact); // Prints 120 // Map var map = [ // Define map function ['define', 'map', ['lambda', ['f', 'coll'], ['if', ['empty', 'coll'], 'coll', ['cons', ['f', ['car', 'coll']], ['map', 'f', ['cdr', 'coll']]]]]], // Define some collection ['define', 'coll', ['quote', [1, 2, 3]]], // Map collection with 'inc' ['map', 'inc', 'coll'] ]; run(map); // Prints [2, 3, 4] // Contains (checks if element exists in collection) var contains = [ // Define contains function ['define', 'contains', ['lambda', ['el', 'coll'], ['if', ['empty', 'coll'], false, ['or', ['=', 'el', ['car', 'coll']], ['contains', 'el', ['cdr', 'coll']]]]]], // Define some collection ['define', 'coll', ['quote', [1, 2, 3]]], // Check if collection contains 2 ['contains', 2, 'coll'] ]; run(contains); // Prints true

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