2007-10-31 04:37:17 -04:00
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Ikarus Scheme is an implementation of the Scheme programming
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language. The preliminary release of Ikarus implements the majority
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of the features found in the current standard, the Revised 6 report
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on the algorithmic language Scheme including full R6RS library and
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script syntax, syntax-case, unicode strings, bytevectors,
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user-defined record types, exception handling, conditions, and
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2007-10-31 04:43:22 -04:00
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enumerations. Over 80% of the R6RS procedures and keywords are
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currently implemented and subsequent releases will proceed towards
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brining Ikarus to full R6RS conformance.
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2007-10-31 04:37:17 -04:00
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The main purpose behind releasing Ikarus early is to give Scheme
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programmers the opportunity to experiment with the various new
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features that were newly introduced in R6RS. The most important of
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such features is the ability to structure large programs into
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libraries; where each library extends the language through
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procedural and syntactic abstractions. Many useful libraries can be
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written using the currently supported set of R6RS features including
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text processing tools, symbolic logic systems, interpreters and
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compilers, and many mathematical and scientific packages. It is my
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hope that this release will encourage the Scheme community to write
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and to share their most useful R6RS libraries.
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