A revised technical write-up by Justin Ethier describing the architecture and internal components of Cyclone, a Scheme-to-C compiler. It covers the compiler pipeline including macro expansion, CPS conversion, closure conversion, garbage collection, and C code generation. The document serves as both documentation and a community resource for the Scheme ecosystem.
Background
Cyclone is a Scheme implementation that compiles Scheme code to C, enabling deployment on platforms with a C compiler. The project draws from decades of compiler theory and Scheme language development.
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- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 3, 2026 at 09:23 PM
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- 5.0 / 10