On: The future is specific

[mattbriggs]

out of curiosity, is js going to be your "elisp"?

[phyzome → mattbriggs]

Clojurescript, actually -- a Clojure dialect that compiles to JS.

Well, Clojure too, on the server side of things.

[Arelius → phyzome]

Are we really gonna need the JVM running the backend for this? That seems so unnecessary.

[frio → Arelius]

Given the initial goal was for a Clojure editor (which runs on the JVM), running the JVM was a prerequisite anyway.

[Rayne → Arelius]

I'm pretty sure the core of it is to be written in Clojure, so yes, you'll need the JVM running. It is necessary if it is to be written in a JVM language. Eclipse and a number of other IDEs also require a JVM to be running.

[mattbriggs → Arelius]

you could probably just precompile your extension

[Arelius → mattbriggs]

afaict, precompiled java still requires the jvm.