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MIT/GNU Scheme
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MIT/GNU Scheme is an implementation of the Scheme programminglanguage, providing an interpreter, compiler, source-code debugger,integrated Emacs-like editor, and a large runtime library. MIT/GNU Scheme is best suited to programming large applications with arapid development cycle.
Release status and future plans
Stable |
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9.2 |
The releases provide binaries that run on i386 and x86-64 machines under the following operating systems: GNU/Linux, OS X, and Windows. We additionally providebinaries for selected other architectures and systems, depending onthe hardware and software that is available to us. We no longersupport OS/2, DOS, or Windows systems prior to XP.
Recent release notes are here.
In the future, we plan to deploy a new portable virtual machine andimplement a module system. We also plan to finish support for R5RS, but we will not be providing support for R6RS.Other potential projects can be found on thetasks page.
Download
MIT/GNU Scheme is available in binary form for a variety ofsystems.Note that most problems unpacking or installing this software are dueto corrupted downloads, so please check the downloaded filefor a correct MD5 checksum before submitting a bug report.Each distribution below has its own list of MD5 checksums.
File | Arch | Instructions | Notes |
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Unix binary | i386 | unix installation | |
Unix binary | x86-64 | unix installation | |
OS X binary | i386 | Compiled on OS X 10.9. | |
OS X binary | x86-64 | Compiled on OS X 10.9. | |
Windows binary | i386 | Windows installation | Compiled on Windows 7 using Open Watcom C/C++ 1.9. |
Portable C | (any) | how to build | For use on any unix system. |
Source (.tar.gz) | For unix systems; uses linefeeds as line delimiters. | ||
Change log | |||
MD5 checksums |
Older versions can be downloadedhere.
Code for running MIT/GNU Scheme under GNU Emacs ishere (or byte-compiled); this has been testedon GNU Emacs versions 20.7 and 21.1, and should replace thefile of the same name included with GNU Emacs; it won't workwith GNU Emacs 19 or earlier. This doesn't work onWindows or OS/2.
Note that you cannot build a working system from the source unless youhave a working MIT/GNU Scheme compiler to do the compilation.(This doesn't apply to the portable C source, which requires only a Ccompiler.) This means that if the above binaries don't work on yoursystem, it is pointless to try building a custom set of binaries fromthe source code.
Documentation
Documentation for MIT/GNU Scheme is available online, asis documentation for most GNU software. TheMIT/GNU Scheme documentation is available in HTML andPDF formats:
Core documentation: | ||
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HTML | MIT/GNU Scheme Reference | |
HTML | MIT/GNU Scheme User's Manual | |
HTML | The SOS Reference Manual | |
HTML | IMAIL User's Manual | |
Supported SRFIs: | ||
HTML | 0: cond-expand | |
HTML | 1: List library | |
HTML | 2: and-let* | |
HTML | 6: Basic string ports | |
HTML | 8: receive | |
HTML | 9: Defining record types | |
HTML | 23: Error reporting mechanism | |
HTML | 27: Sources of random bits | |
HTML | 30: Nested multi-line comments | |
HTML | 62: S-expression comments | |
HTML | 69: Basic hash tables |
Contact us
Please report bugs using thebug-tracking system.
We can be contacted on themit-scheme-develmailing list.
New releases of MIT/GNU Scheme are announced on themit-scheme-announce mailing list.
Our more general Scheme page ishttp://swiss.csail.mit.edu/projects/scheme/.
Older releases can be found athttp://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/mit-scheme/.
Getting involved
Development of MIT/GNU Scheme, and GNU in general, isa volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For information, pleaseread How to help GNU. If you'd like to getinvolved, it's a good idea to join the discussion mailing list (seeabove).
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Development
- For development sources, bug and patch trackers, and otherinformation, please see the projectpage at Savannah. Maintainer
- MIT/GNU Scheme is currently being maintained by Chris Hanson.Please use the mailing lists for contact.
Licensing
MIT/GNU Scheme is free software; you can redistribute it and/ormodify it under the terms of the GPL as published by theFree Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at youroption) any later version.
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