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<h1>RScheme</h1>
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<p>Welcome to the RScheme web site at Scheme Conservatory. RScheme is an
open-source (and freely redistributable) implementation of the Scheme
language with lots of extensions and additional features beyond the
core language. See the <a class="text" href="a/2005/overview/index.html">RScheme Overview</a> for more details
about what RScheme is and provides. </p>
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<p>Content planning is underway for the 0.7.3.4 release.
Currently, we are looking at the following big-ticket includes:
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<li>Improving SRFI coverage, especially in the base system
(<a href="http://axis.rscheme.org:7973/wf/cr/view/1000">CR 1000</a>)
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<li>Improving pstore commit performance
(<a href="http://axis.rscheme.org:7973/wf/cr/view/203">CR 203</a>)
</li>
<li>Making multiple-argument generic function dispatch fast,
and moving support into the base system.
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<li>Full UTF string support
(<a href="http://axis.rscheme.org:7973/wf/cr/view/973">CR 973</a>)
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Documentation and Support</h2>
<p>Notes and documentation on RScheme are published here, as well as
the latest builds and general information about the current status of
the project.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/5/html/Welcome.html">Online (HTML) Docs</a>.</b>
The user and technical guides, online in HTML format.</li>
<li>
<b>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/5/rscheme.pdf">Print Docs</a>.</b>
The user and technical guides rendered for print media (PDF).</li>
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<b>
<a class="text" href="a/2005/persistence/index.html">Persistent Object Store</a>.</b>
This is an in-depth look at the persistent object store, including the
online garbage collector (this article is still a work in progress).
</li>
<li>
<b>
<a class="text" href="modules.html">Library Highlights</a>.</b>
This is a listing of some
of the highlights from the RScheme library.
See also the <a class="text" href="a/2005/library/index.html">article on using the library</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Releases</h2>
<p>
RScheme releases are of three types:
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<ul>
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<b>Full.</b> A full release includes a complete
set of bug fixes and new features, and is intended to be
quite stable, reliable, and functional. A full release
drops the build number from its name, and hence is known
only as, <i>e.g.</i>, "0.7.3.2".
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<b>Partial.</b> A partial release contains a set
of bug fixes and new features, but they may be <i>works in progress</i>
and new features may or may not be completely implemented.
Generally, a partial release is somewhat stable and tested,
but may not work on all platforms.
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<b>Build.</b> A build release may be
of any quality. Usually, an intermediate build will not
be released if it is <i>completely</i> broken or immediately
superceded. Most
features are probably only partially implemented and the
state of ongoing bug fixes is somewhat unpredictable.
</li>
</ul>
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Information about progress towards the next upcoming build may be obtained
on <a class="text" href="build.html">the build readiness page</a>.
</p>
<p>
For any given release, one or more distribution formats may be
available. The <i>Generic Source Distribution</i> is available
for all releases, and embodies the source code in minimal form
to build to completion on a satisfactorily configured system.
<i>Binary</i> distributions may also be available to simplify
installation on particular platforms.
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<p>Starting with b22, we are providing at least some binary
distributions from <code>rscheme.org</code>. Currently, all we have
are AIX 5.1L binary RPMs, but as the build environment improves, the
goal is to have at least RedHat binary RPMS and Debian packages.
Click on the <b>Info</b> link to see distributions other than the
generic source distribution.</p>
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<th class="h">Release Type</th>
<th class="h">Name</th>
<th class="h">Date</th>
<th class="h">Info</th>
<th class="h">Download Link</th>
<th class="h"># D/L</th>
<th class="h">Comment</th>
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<td>Build</td>
<td>0.7.3.4-b7</td>
<td>2007-05-30</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/7/index.html">[here]</a>
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<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/7/rs-0.7.3.4-b7.tar.gz">rs-0.7.3.4-b7.tar.gz</a>
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<td>0</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Build</td>
<td>0.7.3.4-b5</td>
<td>2007-01-28</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/5/index.html">[here]</a>
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<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/5/rs-0.7.3.4-b5.tar.gz">rs-0.7.3.4-b5.tar.gz</a>
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<td>0</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Build</td>
<td>0.7.3.4-b3</td>
<td>2006-04-10</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/3/index.html">[here]</a>
</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.4/3/rs-0.7.3.4-b3.tar.gz">rs-0.7.3.4-b3.tar.gz</a>
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<td>0</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Full</td>
<td>0.7.3.3</td>
<td>2005-06-13</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.3/32/index.html">[here]</a>
</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="http://www.rscheme.org/rs/b/0.7.3.3/32/rs-0.7.3.3.tar.gz">rs-0.7.3.3.tar.gz</a>
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<td>0</td>
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<span>The official 0.7.3.3 release</span>
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<td>Full</td>
<td>0.7.3.2</td>
<td>2003-02-23</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="b/0.7.3.2/25/index.html">[here]</a>
</td>
<td>
<a class="text" href="http://www.rscheme.org/rs/b/0.7.3.2/25/rs-0.7.3.2.tar.gz">rs-0.7.3.2.tar.gz</a>
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<td>0</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<h2>Other Places Related to RScheme</h2>
<ul>
<li>There <b>is</b> an <a href="https://github.com/dkolbly/rscheme">RScheme revival project</a>.</li>
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<a class="text" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rscheme/">SourceForge</a>, where
development activity was organized from June 2001 until February
2005.</li>
<li>
<a class="text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010217005342/http://www.askemos.org/">Askemos</a>, a
distributed dynamic information-oriented operating system designed to be
impervious even to intentional disruption.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Other Scheme Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a class="text" href="http://www.schemers.org/">schemers.org</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="text" href="http://srfi.schemers.org/">Scheme Requests For Implementation (SRFI)</a>
<br/>(See also <a class="text" href="srfi-index.html">our copy of the SRFI index</a>
and the <a class="text" href="srfi-status.html">RScheme SRFI Status</a> page.)</li>
<li>
<a class="text" href="//people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/SLIB">SLIB</a>, a portable scheme library
containing lots of useful stuff</li>
<li>
<a class="text" href="http://www.neilvandyke.org/">Neil van Dyke</a> has
some interesting Scheme one-pagers</li>
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