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1. ~vidak (vidak@zoinks.one)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jun-2022 14:16:05 UTC ~vidak

   what is the best R7RS implementation right now?

   or, alternatively, what is your favourite implementation of scheme for systems programming?

   my Unix Users Group is exploring writing a nano kernel system.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_nanokernel

   also see HelenOS

   • Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃 (mdhughes@appdot.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jun-2022 14:16:15 UTC Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃

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     @vidak Chez is the best programming environment and fastest runtime. R6RS has more useful "batteries included", and Thunderchez or chez-srfi provide extra libraries.

     Gambit just got updated and it's nearly R7RS. It's very fast, has some nice features & FFI, but it's thin on libraries.

     CHICKEN is R5RS+some R7. Huge library support, and it literally is C so adding more is easy. Compiles take forever and it isn't very fast, tho.

     Gauche runs everywhere, it has nice libraries.
     #scheme

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