Clamiga: Common Lisp for the Amiga

Clamiga: Common Lisp for the Amiga

Manfred Bergmann introduces Clamiga, a Common Lisp implementation for classic Amigas and MorphOS, with a portable C core and bytecode VM that runs on macOS and Linux. It boots in about 0.5 MB of heap, features a compacting GC, packed byte vectors, precompiled boot FASLs, and an optional m68k JIT that speeds up compute-bound code up to 20x. The project also brings Quicklisp to the Amiga, with several libraries confirmed working.

The full Common Lisp core -- CLOS, conditions, the numeric tower, format, loop -- boots in about 0.5 MB of heap.
  1. amiga386

    The article doesn't list where you can get it from, but you can get it from here:

    https://aminet.net/package/dev/basic/clamiga

  2. Quitschquat

    I like how the heap limits on this Amiga lisp are still more than what the personal version of lispworks offers.

  3. znpy

    Clamiga reads a lot like chlamydia in other languages

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