About hl

hl is a general-purpose Lisplike language with an emphasis on getting code written by diverse people, with diverse programming styles, easily shared; in particular, it allows various libraries to provide their own syntax without conflicting with other libraries. The hl project is an open source project (under an MIT license) which will provide a virtual machine with a process-based concurrency model for hl.

The current state of this project is "being built". However, a draft document about hl is currently available. You may also be interested in the goals for the project. Since it's being built we don't have a distributable package yet but you may be interested in perusing the source code repository. You may also be interested in the rationale for the project.

This project is under the dictatorship of Alan Manuel K. Gloria, who would like to dictate only the bit about the axioms and standard library as much as possible. Stefano Dissegna is credited for the enormous work in adapting the interpreter from a previous project, SNAP, revamping and improving that interpreter, as well as convincing Alan to do this project in the first place. If you're interested in the project, contact Alan Manuel K. Gloria.