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You can do a lot with R7RS. But be aware that Scheme is one language for which you might have to stray from the standard to get something done -- unlike in som
by neilv 3y ago
You can do a lot with R7RS. But be aware that Scheme is one language for which you might have to stray from the standard to get something done -- unlike in some other languages, where sticking to the standard is usually viable.
The reason I mentioned community around a particular implementation/dialect is because that's where a lot of the activity is. Sadly, the death of Usenet brought down the great `comp.lang.scheme`.
- Zambyte 3y agoNoted on the community aspect. I mentioned R7RS specifically because it provides features that make it easy to dispatch on the available features / libraries, making it easy to take advantage of non-standard libraries in a portable way.