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-FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib2a6).
+FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib2c0).
Written by Aubrey Jaffer (jaffer@ai.mit.edu).
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ Scheme is a programming language in the Lisp family.
SLIB is currently supported by Chez, ELK 2.1, GAMBIT, MacScheme,
MITScheme, scheme->C, Scheme48, T3.1, SCM and VSCM
-[] How can I get SLIB?
+[] How can I obtain SLIB?
SLIB is available via ftp from:
- ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu:pub/scm/slib2a6.tar.gz
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/jacal/slib2a6.tar.gz
- ftp.maths.tcd.ie:pub/bosullvn/jacal/slib2a6.tar.gz
- ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib2a6.tar.gz
+ ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu:pub/scm/slib2c0.tar.gz
+ prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/jacal/slib2c0.tar.gz
+ ftp.maths.tcd.ie:pub/bosullvn/jacal/slib2c0.tar.gz
+ ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib2c0.tar.gz
SLIB is also included with SCM floppy disks.
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/texinfo-3.1.tar.gz
[] How often is SLIB released?
-SLIB was released 9 times in 1993.
+SLIB was released twice in 1996.
[] What is the latest version?
-The version as of this writing is slib2a6.
+The version as of this writing is slib2c0. The latest documentation
+is available online at:
+ http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html
-[] What version am I using?
+[] Which version am I using?
The Version is in the first line of the files slib/FAQ, slib/ANNOUNCE,
and slib/README. If you have Scheme and SLIB running, type
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ message contains non-terminating or large expressions, the essential
information of the message may be lost in the ensuing deluge.
FORMAT as currently written in SLIB is not reentrant. Until this is
-fixed exception handlers and errors which might occur while using
+fixed, exception handlers and errors which might occur while using
FORMAT cannot use it.
MACROS
@@ -180,8 +182,8 @@ powerful to accomplish tasks macros are often written to do.
in SLIB?
Most current Scheme implementations predate the adoption of the R4RS
-macro specification. It turns out that all of the implementations
-can support defmacro natively.
+macro specification. All of the implementations except scheme48
+version 0.45 support defmacro natively.
[] I did (LOAD "slib/yasos.scm"). The error I get is "variable
define-syntax is undefined".
@@ -192,25 +194,26 @@ The way to load the struct macro package is (REQUIRE 'YASOS).
CELL?) The error I get is "variable define-predicate is
undefined".
-If like most implementations, your Scheme does not natively support
-R4RS macros you will need to install a macro-capable read-eval-print
-loop. This is done by:
+If your Scheme does not natively support R4RS macros (most
+implementations), you will need to install a macro-capable
+read-eval-print loop. This is done by:
(require 'macro) ;already done if you did (require 'yasos)
(require 'repl)
(repl:top-level macro:eval)
-This is also true for Schemes which don't support DEFMACRO. The lines
-in this case are:
+This would also be true for a Scheme implementation which didn't
+support DEFMACRO. The lines in this case would be:
(require 'repl)
(repl:top-level defmacro:eval)
-[] I always use R4RS macros. How can I avoid having to type
- require statements every time I start Scheme?
+[] I always use R4RS macros with an implementation which doesn't
+ natively support them. How can I avoid having to type require
+ statements every time I start Scheme?
-As is explained in the Repl entry in slib.info (or slib.texi):
+As explained in the Repl entry in slib.info (or slib.texi):
To have your top level loop always use macros, add any interrupt
- catching lines and the following lines to your Scheme init file:
+ catching code and the following script to your Scheme init file:
(require 'macro)
(require 'repl)
(repl:top-level macro:eval)