Bigloo
Encyclopedia
Bigloo is an implementation of the Scheme programming language developed at the French IT research institute INRIA
. Its orientation is towards providing tools for effective and diverse code generation that can match the performance of hand-written C
or C++
. The Bigloo system contains a Scheme compiler
that can generate C code and JVM or .NET bytecode
. As with other Lisp dialects, it contains an interpreter (also known as a read-eval-print loop
).
The hop
web application engine and Roadsend PHP are written in Bigloo.
Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
The National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control is a French national research institution focusing on computer science, control theory and applied mathematics.It was created in 1967 at Rocquencourt near Paris, part of Plan Calcul...
. Its orientation is towards providing tools for effective and diverse code generation that can match the performance of hand-written C
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
or C++
C++
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
. The Bigloo system contains a Scheme compiler
Compiler
A compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
that can generate C code and JVM or .NET bytecode
Bytecode
Bytecode, also known as p-code , is a term which has been used to denote various forms of instruction sets designed for efficient execution by a software interpreter as well as being suitable for further compilation into machine code...
. As with other Lisp dialects, it contains an interpreter (also known as a read-eval-print loop
Read-eval-print loop
A read–eval–print loop , also known as an interactive toplevel, is a simple, interactive computer programming environment. The term is most usually used to refer to a Lisp interactive environment, but can be applied to command line shells and similar environments for F#, Smalltalk, Standard ML,...
).
Bigloo is a Scheme implementation devoted to one goal: enabling Scheme based programming style where C(++) is usually required.
The hop
Hop (software)
Hop is a Lisp-like programming language by Manuel Serrano for web 2.0 and also the name of the web broker that implements this language. It is written in Bigloo Scheme. A web broker is a program that can act as a web server and a web proxy....
web application engine and Roadsend PHP are written in Bigloo.
Libraries
- Biglook - a crossplatform GUIGuiGui or guee is a generic term to refer to grilled dishes in Korean cuisine. These most commonly have meat or fish as their primary ingredient, but may in some cases also comprise grilled vegetables or other vegetarian ingredients. The term derives from the verb, "gupda" in Korean, which literally...
module that interfaces with GTK and Java Swing
Bigloo-lib
The Bigloo-lib project contains modules for:- Regular Expressions
- MzScheme Compatibility
- iconv Character Set Conversion
- Extended Console Application support - This includes support for GNU ReadlineGNU readlineGNU readline is a software library that provides line-editing and history capabilities for interactive programs with a command-line interface, such as Bash...
, and termios - SQL - tested with MySQLMySQLMySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
, OracleOracle databaseThe Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....
, PostgreSQLPostgreSQLPostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database management system available for many platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MS Windows and Mac OS X. It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT-style license, and is thus free and open source software...
, and SQLiteSQLiteSQLite is an ACID-compliant embedded relational database management system contained in a relatively small C programming library. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain and implements most of the SQL standard... - XML - an interface to the Expat XMLExpat (XML)In computing, Expat is a stream-oriented XML 1.0 parser library, written in C. As one of the first available open-source XML parsers, Expat has found a place in many open-source projects. Such projects include the Apache HTTP Server, Mozilla, Perl, Python and PHP...
parser - GTK