From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Greg Troxel Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: GNU/MIT Scheme? Date: 29 May 2003 09:52:37 -0400 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <25b7fcd1945f940f026a037dd64ae7a4@bouncing.localnet> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054217042 15128 80.91.224.249 (29 May 2003 14:04:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:04:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Marius Vollmer Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 29 16:03:53 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19LO0X-0003uH-00 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 16:03:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19LO0n-0005yG-DZ for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 May 2003 10:04:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19LNyw-0005Ib-S5 for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2003 10:02:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19LNsm-0001uI-Us for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2003 09:55:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fnord.ir.bbn.com ([192.1.100.210]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19LNpn-0000i5-3T for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2003 09:52:47 -0400 Original-Received: by fnord.ir.bbn.com (Postfix, from userid 10853) id 59C8E1F6A; Thu, 29 May 2003 09:52:37 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: MJ Ray In-Reply-To: <25b7fcd1945f940f026a037dd64ae7a4@bouncing.localnet> Original-Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-cc: guile-user@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:1996 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:1996 MIT Scheme (now GNU/MIT it seems) is quite a different beast from guile. It has a compiler -- written in Scheme -- and only supports a limited number of architecture/OS combinations. It seems quite large, and at first glance it doesn't seem like a good idea to use it for an extension language to a C program. So I see it as complementary to guile, not competitive. (I think I used an earlier version of MIT Scheme running on "chipmunks" in the spring of 1984 when I took 6.001 (the subject of SICP fame).) Greg Troxel _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user