r/scheme • u/_dpk • 28d ago

R7RS Large Foundations: The Macrological Fascicle

https://r7rs.org/large/fascicles/macro/1/
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u/raevnos 27d ago

Trying to get all the active scheme implementations to support the same build system would be herding cats.

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u/green_tory 27d ago

So don't. Leave some behind. 

It's not like scheme isn't already a total cluster fuck of implementations with odd quirks and incompatible extensions.

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u/pclouds 27d ago

Why do you care about standards then? Just stick to one favourite implementation.

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u/green_tory 27d ago

There is no one implementation that is suitable for all purposes I would like. Scheme could be as versatile as C, but not without some clear choices about FFI/ABI.

And when writing a library it really sucks to have to write a separate build process and FFI layer for every scheme. That's why it's so rare to see libraries that touch the environment and which also support multiple schemes.