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C-lisp and Flexible Macro Programming with S-expressions

Programming Languages 2024-10-24 v2

Abstract

Llama..lisp is a compiler framework intended to target offload processor backends such as GPUs, using intermediate representation languages (IRs) that are device-agnostic. The Llama..lisp IRs are formulated as S-expressions. This makes them easy to generate using higher level programming languages, which is one of the primary goals for Llama..lisp. The highest IR layer currently implemented in Llama..lisp is C-Lisp. In this paper, we describe the macro system developed for the Llama..lisp compiler framework. We show how we implemented FFI bindings as an example of this system.

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@article{arxiv.2410.16690,
  title  = {C-lisp and Flexible Macro Programming with S-expressions},
  author = {Vedanth Padmaraman and Sasank Chilamkurthy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.16690},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Submitted to Innovations in Compiler Technology, Bengaluru, 2024. See https://compilertech.org. Full project documentation at https://outline.von-neumann.ai/s/d0cd5eb9-2e15-4fa4-bd17-c3911f305008

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