tinylisp

A lisp implemented using NaN boxing and in Zig.

Examples

Arithmetic

add, sub, mul, div:

In[]:= (add 1 2 3 4)
Out[]= 10

In[]:= (div 3.4 4)
Out[]= 0.85

Structural

car, cdr, cons:

In[]:= (car '(1 2 3))
Out[]= 1

In[]:= (cons 1 2)
Out[]= (1 . 2)

Build

Compiled using zig version:

$ zig version
0.11.0

Compile the main.zig file using zig build-exe:

$ zig build-exe src/main.zig

$ ./main

Or run it directly using zig run:

$ zig run src/main.zig

TODO:

• [] Compile to .wasm and add a javascript REPL
• [] Expand documentation

Resources

• Lisp in 99 lines of C and how to write one yourself - Robert-van-Engelen