MIST is a general purpose, dynamic, functional programming language, and is a member of the Lisp family. It runs on the CLR / .Net Framework on a high-level interpreter implemented in C#. Note that it does not use the DLR.
MIST can be used in several ways:
- Evaluate code directly in the interactive MIST REPL
- Run MIST files by passing them to or loading them in the REPL
- Embed the interpreter in your .Net program to execute MIST code as part of your solution
- Create executable, standalone programs using the MISTPACKER tool
MIST is in early alpha, and should be considered an experiment for now, but beta planned for October/November 2011! I'm also working on a site for Mist at tormaroe.github.com/mist
The use and distribution terms for this software are covered by the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL).
Copyright © 2011 Torbjørn Marø