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+ 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")