Contributing and Following Along
The project maintains:
- Detailed design documents for all major features
- Clear phase-based development with defined milestones
- Separation of concerns across focused repositories
- Systematic testing via the coverage repository
This structure makes it possible for contributors to:
- Understand design rationale through the
designrepo - Work on isolated features in focused repos
- Track progress through phase milestones
- Verify correctness through comprehensive tests
The Zylisp Guide (the book being written) serves as both:
- Vision document - what the language should become
- Specification - how features should work
- Learning resource - for future Zylisp developers
The Zylisp project represents a thoughtful, well-architected effort to create a production-ready Lisp that embraces modern language design whilst honouring the Lisp tradition. It's not trying to be everything to everyone, but rather to serve a specific niche: developers who want both Lisp's power and Go's practicality.