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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:30:19 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:30:19 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 2.10.34.upstream/2.10.34upstream
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diff --git a/plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/MiniSCHEMETribute.txt b/plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/MiniSCHEMETribute.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..185f0ec --- /dev/null +++ b/plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/MiniSCHEMETribute.txt @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ + TinyScheme would not exist if it wasn't for MiniScheme. I had just + written the HTTP server for Ovrimos SQL Server, and I was lamenting the + lack of a scripting language. Server-side Javascript would have been the + preferred solution, had there been a Javascript interpreter I could + lay my hands on. But there weren't. Perl would have been another solution, + but it was probably ten times bigger that the program it was supposed to + be embedded in. There would also be thorny licencing issues. + + So, the obvious thing to do was find a truly small interpreter. Forth + was a language I had once quasi-implemented, but the difficulty of + handling dynamic data and the weirdness of the language put me off. I then + looked around for a LISP interpreter, the next thing I knew was easy to + implement. Alas, the LeLisp I knew from my days in UPMC (Universite Pierre + et Marie Curie) had given way to Common Lisp, a megalith of a language! + Then my search lead me to Scheme, a language I knew was very orthogonal + and clean. When I found Mini-Scheme, a single C file of some 2400 loc, I + fell in love with it! What if it lacked floating-point numbers and + strings! The rest, as they say, is history. + + Below are the original credits. Don't email Akira KIDA, the address has + changed. + + ---------- Mini-Scheme Interpreter Version 0.85 ---------- + + coded by Atsushi Moriwaki (11/5/1989) + + E-MAIL : moriwaki@kurims.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp + + THIS SOFTWARE IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN + ------------------------------------ + This software is completely free to copy, modify and/or re-distribute. + But I would appreciate it if you left my name on the code as the author. + + This version has been modified by R.C. Secrist. + + Mini-Scheme is now maintained by Akira KIDA. + + This is a revised and modified version by Akira KIDA. + current version is 0.85k4 (15 May 1994) + + Please send suggestions, bug reports and/or requests to: + <SDI00379@niftyserve.or.jp> + + + Features compared to MiniSCHEME + ------------------------------- + + All code is now reentrant. Interpreter state is held in a 'scheme' + struct, and many interpreters can coexist in the same program, possibly + in different threads. The user can specify user-defined memory allocation + primitives. (see "Programmer's Reference") + + The reader is more consistent. + + Strings, characters and flonums are supported. (see "Types") + + Files being loaded can be nested up to some depth. + + R5RS I/O is there, plus String Ports. (see "Scheme Reference","I/O") + + Vectors exist. + + As a standalone application, it supports command-line arguments. + (see "Standalone") + + Running out of memory is now handled. + + The user can add foreign functions in C. (see "Foreign Functions") + + The code has been changed slightly, core functions have been moved + to the library, behavior has been aligned with R5RS etc. + + Support has been added for user-defined error recovery. + (see "Error Handling") + + Support has been added for modular programming. + (see "Colon Qualifiers - Packages") + + To enable this, EVAL has changed internally, and can + now take two arguments, as per R5RS. Environments are supported. + (see "Colon Qualifiers - Packages") + + Promises are now evaluated once only. + + (macro (foo form) ...) is now equivalent to (macro foo (lambda(form) ...)) + + The reader can be extended using new #-expressions + (see "Reader extensions") |