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http://www.shenlanguage.org/

Shen is a portable functional programming language that offers

* pattern matching,
* lambda calculus consistency,
* macros for defining domain specific languages,
* optional lazy evaluation,
* static type checking based on sequent calculus, one of the most powerful systems for typing in functional programming
* portability over many languages,
* an integrated fully functional Prolog,
* an inbuilt compiler-compiler.
* runs under CLisp, SBCL, Clozure CL, Clojure, F#, Scheme, Wasp, Emacs Lisp, Ruby, Python, the JVM, the CLR, Haskell and Javascript
* has a BSD kernel


The word ‘Shen’ is Chinese for 'spirit' and our motto reflects our desire to liberate our work to live under many platforms.