Re: C programs in Scheme syntax

[Zelphir Kaltstahl]

Hi,

There is also Schemetran: https://gitlab.com/codetk/schemetran Perhaps
that was it?

Regards,

Zelphir

On 29.05.20 05:23, Keith Wright wrote:
> I am thinkging about a project that uses Scheme macros
> to generate C code.  To this end I want to encode C 
> programs as S-expressions.  For example, the C program
> that is encoded in Ascii as
>
> for (j=0;j<12;++j) a[j] = j*pi/6;
>
> might be encoded as an S-expression as
>
> (for ((= j 0)(< j 12) (++ j)) (= (sub a j)(/ (* j pi) 6)))
>
> Note that this is not a valid Scheme program, even with
> non-standard functions defined.  It is a re-encoding
> of the Ascii C syntax as an S-expression.
>
> I think I have read about something like this, perhaps
> on this list, I am not sure.  (Note to future language
> inventors: a single letter name makes a horrible Google
> search query.  Name things with made up but pronouncable
> words---perl, fortran...)
>
> I most need to convert S-expr encoded C, to Ascii encoded C,
> but I am interested in
> (a) programs to convert S-expresions to C
> (b) specifications for the form of the S-expr encoding
> (c) better plans; advice from those who have tried and failed.
>
> Any pointers?
>
>    -- Keith
>
>