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Subject: Re: Demise of Scheme (was Re: pair? AND list?)
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In article <4a2f4f$fl@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu>, bhelm@cs.uoregon.edu (B.
Robert Helm) wrote:
> I just finished my first project with perl.  I would have preferred
> Scheme.  It would have given me a cleaner language, acceptable
> performance, and a better development environment.

Indeed.  What I want is Perl's libraries, but with Scheme as the
language.  Must be IEEE or R4RS compliant.  Needs to run on lots of
platforms, like Perl does; I use Mac and UNIX, and need it for both.

I've looked at scsh, elk, scm, gambit, slib, and a few others I forget. 
They all fail in one or more areas.

I'm gradually learning to suppress my gag reflex and write Perl 5.  But I
wish it didn't have to be that way.


mathew
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