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-FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib2d2).
+FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions and answers) for SLIB Scheme Library (slib3a1).
Written by Aubrey Jaffer (http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer).
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Scheme is a programming language in the Lisp family.
[] Which implementations has SLIB been ported to?
-SLIB is supported by Bigloo, Chez, DrScheme, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme,
-MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1,
-UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
+SLIB supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, Guile, MacScheme, MITScheme,
+PLT Scheme (DrScheme and MzScheme), Pocket Scheme, RScheme, scheme->C,
+Scheme48, SCM, SCM Mac, scsh, Stk, T3.1, umb-scheme, and VSCM.
[] How can I obtain SLIB?
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ SLIB is available via http from:
SLIB is available via ftp from:
swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/
-SLIB is also included with SCM floppy disks.
-
[] How do I install SLIB?
Read the INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS in "slib/README".
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ Several times a year.
[] What is the latest version?
-The version as of this writing is slib2d2. The latest documentation
+The version as of this writing is slib3a1. The latest documentation
is available online at:
http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html
@@ -132,6 +130,17 @@ I find that I only type require statements at top level when
debugging. I put require statements in my Scheme files so that the
appropriate modules are loaded automatically.
+[] What happened to FORMAT?
+
+In order for FORMAT to call itself for FORMAT error messages, the
+original author made its code non-reentrant. For that reason and the
+reasons below, FORMAT was removed; I saw little evidence of anyone
+using it.
+
+If someone fixes FORMAT, I will put it back into SLIB. The last
+versions of FORMAT are in "format.scm", "formatst.scm", and
+"fmtdoc.txi" in http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/OLD/slib2d5.zip
+
[] Why does SLIB have PRINTF when it already has the more
powerful (CommonLisp) FORMAT?