rlisp: A LISP Syntax Frontend That Compiles Directly to Rust
By
thatxliner
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
rlisp is a transparent s-expression frontend that compiles directly to Rust, allowing developers to write Rust semantics (ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, generics, traits, pattern matching) using LISP syntax. It has no runtime or garbage collector, and relies on rustc for type checking, borrow checking, and optimization — rlisp only handles the syntax transformation from s-expressions to Rust code.
Key quotes
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A transparent s-expression frontend that compiles directly to Rust — no runtime, no GC, just (s-expr → .rs → binary).
Everything Rust has — ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, generics, traits, pattern matching — expressed as s-expressions.
No semantic gap.
rustc does type checking, borrow checking, and optimization. rlisp just handles the syntax.
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