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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -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? |