Re: Lark - A surface syntax for Common Lisp

This looks interesting and well thought out, I hope you publish it at some point.

I recently came across this project. There was some discussion about possibly also converting in the other direction, from Lisp to the non-Lisp syntax.

https://moonli-lang.github.io/


John DeSoi, Ph.D.


> On Feb 14, 2026, at 1:39 PM, Gerry Weaver (as gerryw at compvia dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I've been working on this thing for a while. I'm getting close to the 
> point where I'm going to call it good for now. I'm mainly working on the 
> stdlib stuff (ie; http server, http client, websockets, etc.). It isn't 
> meant to replace Lisp. It is intended to be an ergonomic extension. 
> There is a lark command that is similar to that provided by the go 
> language go command and provides most of the same functionality. There 
> is also a syntax file for Sublime Text. I'm very interested in any 
> thoughts or suggestions y'all might have. If enough folks are 
> interested, I will try to put it on github at some point.
> 
> Here is a rough description of the syntax. It is still evolving a 
> little, but mostly stable.