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Re: [Chicken-users] Re: Debian slander?


From: Peter Busser
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] Re: Debian slander?
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:31:43 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)

Hi!

> Chicken is an optimizing batch compiler for the R5RS Scheme language.
> It produces portable, efficient C supporting tail recursion, first-class
> continuations, and lightweight threads.  Interfacing to and from C is
> emphasized, including both static and dynamic loading of Chicken code,
> with full support for Posix functions.  Chicken's interpreter is not
> strongly performant, but does provide strong debugging facilities.
> Chicken also has a repository with hundreds of user-contributed "eggs",
> including most SRFIs and many other widely available Scheme libraries.
> 
> Comments?

So what can an optimizing buzzword-compliant batch compiler for the R5RS
Scheme language do for me to make my life better/easier/more exciting/etc.?

Groetjes,
Peter.




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