The jank programming language has introduced a custom intermediate representation (IR) to improve optimization capabilities and better compete with JVM performance. This new IR will allow for more efficient representation of Clojure-specific features like persistent data structures and lazy sequences, which were previously challenging to optimize using LLVM IR alone. The development is supported by community sponsorships and aims to make jank more competitive in the Lisp/Clojure ecosystem.
Background
jank is a Clojure dialect that compiles to native code via LLVM, aiming to provide better performance than the JVM-based Clojure implementation. Intermediate representations are crucial in compilers as they enable optimizations and platform independence.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- May 9, 2026 at 05:01 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10