Gambit (Scheme implementation)
Encyclopedia
Gambit, also called Gambit-C, is a free software
Scheme implementation
, consisting of a Scheme interpreter
, and a compiler
which compiles Scheme to C
. Its documentation claims conformance to the R4RS, R5RS, and IEEE standards, as well as several SRFI
s. Gambit was first released 1988, and Gambit-C (that is, Gambit with the C backend) was first released 1994.
and Objective-C
compilers such as GCC. Thus, software written in Gambit-C can contain C++ or Objective-C code, and can fully integrate with corresponding libraries.
Free software
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Scheme implementation
Implementation
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, consisting of a Scheme interpreter
Interpreter (computing)
In computer science, an interpreter normally means a computer program that executes, i.e. performs, instructions written in a programming language...
, and a compiler
Compiler
A compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
which compiles Scheme to C
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
. Its documentation claims conformance to the R4RS, R5RS, and IEEE standards, as well as several SRFI
Scheme Requests for Implementation
Scheme Requests for Implementation is an effort to coordinate libraries and extensions of standard Scheme, necessitated by Scheme's minimalistic design, and particularly the lack of a standard library prior to R6RS...
s. Gambit was first released 1988, and Gambit-C (that is, Gambit with the C backend) was first released 1994.
Termite Scheme
Termite Scheme is a variant of Scheme implemented on top of Gambit-C. Termite is intended for distributed computing, it offers a simple and powerful message-passing model of concurrency, inspired by that of Erlang.C++ and Objective-C integration
While the compiler itself produces solely C code, it has full integration support for C++C++
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
and Objective-C
Objective-C
Objective-C is a reflective, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language.Today, it is used primarily on Apple's Mac OS X and iOS: two environments derived from the OpenStep standard, though not compliant with it...
compilers such as GCC. Thus, software written in Gambit-C can contain C++ or Objective-C code, and can fully integrate with corresponding libraries.
See Also
- Chicken
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