Show HN: AutoLISP interpreter in Rust/WASM – a CAD workflow invented 33 yrs ago

4 months ago

acadlisp is an AutoLISP interpreter written in Rust and compiled to WebAssembly, allowing AutoLISP code to run in the browser without AutoCAD.
The project originated from a 1991 solution for automating electrical schematic generation using AutoLISP, CSV files, and templates.
LISP, developed in 1958, was pivotal in AI research due to features like homoiconicity, self-modification, and symbolic processing.
The schematic generator in 1991 used self-modifying code where inserting a component could trigger additional components.
Technical details include Rust as the language, WebAssembly as the target, and support for SVG and DXF output formats.
Supported AutoLISP functions include defun, setq, if, while, cond, arithmetic operations, and more.
Example code demonstrates drawing a rectangle using AutoLISP commands.

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