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authorBryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2017-02-20 00:06:40 -0800
committerBryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2017-02-20 00:06:40 -0800
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-FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib-3b1).
-Written by Aubrey Jaffer (http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer).
+FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib-3b5).
+Written by Aubrey Jaffer (http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer).
+
+ TOPICS:
+
+ INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
+ SLIB INSTALLATION PROBLEMS
+ USING SLIB PROCEDURES
+ MACROS
+ SRFI
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
@@ -10,19 +18,20 @@ utility functions for all standard scheme implementations.
[] What is Scheme?
-Scheme is a programming language in the Lisp family.
+The Algorithmic Language Scheme is a programming language in the Lisp
+family.
[] Which implementations has SLIB been ported to?
-SLIB supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK 3.0, GAMBIT 3.0, Guile, JScheme,
+SLIB supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK 3.0, Gambit 4.0, Guile, JScheme,
MacScheme, MITScheme, PLT Scheme (DrScheme and MzScheme), Pocket
-Scheme, RScheme, scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCM Mac, scsh, Stk, T3.1,
-umb-scheme, and VSCM.
+Scheme, RScheme, S7, scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCM Mac, scsh, SISC,
+Stk, T3.1, umb-scheme, and VSCM.
[] How can I obtain SLIB?
SLIB is available via http from:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html
+ http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/SLIB.html
SLIB is available via ftp from:
swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/
@@ -47,9 +56,9 @@ Several times a year.
[] What is the latest version?
-The version as of this writing is slib-3b1. The latest documentation
-is available online at:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html
+The newest released version as of this writing is slib-3b5. The
+documentation for the latest release is available online at:
+http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/SLIB.html
[] Which version am I using?
@@ -227,6 +236,7 @@ srfi-9: Defining Record Types
srfi-11: Syntax for receiving multiple values
srfi-23: Error reporting mechanism
srfi-28: Basic Format Strings
+srfi-39: Parameter objects
srfi-47: Array
srfi-59: Vicinity
srfi-60: Integers as Bits
@@ -234,3 +244,6 @@ srfi-61: A more general cond clause
srfi-63: Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Arrays
srfi-94: Type-Restricted Numerical Functions
srfi-95: Sorting and Merging
+
+srfi-96 "SLIB Prerequisites" is the interface which Scheme
+implementations provide in order to host SLIB.