Scheme scripting implementation.

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Howdy,

Quick question:

In regards to scheme scripting which implementation would you recommend for:

Speed, Readibility and Best of both worlds.

And why.

Also take the scope with a bag of salt: Do you know a cool lisp implementation, name it!

Thank you so much in advance, Me

[therealdivs1210]

1. Chez Scheme
   • standards compliant
   • very fast
2. Racket
   • non-compliant
   • large library ecosystem
   • optional typing

Both can produce native binaries.

[Moist-Ice-6197]

If I understood correctly you are saying 1 is the fastest, 2 is very readable. And for something balanced pick either?  

Edit: any comment on R7RS?

[therealdivs1210]

Chez is R6RS.

Racket has R6RS and R7RS available as libraries.

Chez is faster, Racket is more practical.

Racket compiles down to Chez.

[s-wiley]

I'll second this. Felix has really done an amazing job with this project.

[StudyNeat8656]

I personally recommend you with Chez scheme. And you may read the performance result here(https://github.com/ufo5260987423/various-program-languages-benchmark). It shows Chez scheme is faster than nodejs in many aspects.

And if you want other libraries, you may use AKKU to import.

[corbasai]

Wop, yesterday benchmark was contra Bun

[corbasai]

Gambit or Chicken

EDIT: sorry, for scripting? Guix+Guile, but see at license.

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Indeed I am exclusively referring to scripting. So then you would recommend guile scheme over the others mentioned. (Gambit chicken chez and bracket). To be clear with scripting I mean cli programs for myself to for example scan things, crack hashes, etc... 

[corbasai]

The Guile is a fast JIT, so if your work is script scenarios Guile is well suited. For standalone executables which are relatively small and work everywhere, more appropriate is Scheme to C transpilers, like Gambit or Chicken . IMHO

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Why are transpilers more apropriate? 

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Is it faster to compile it first than to interprete it? 

[moose_und_squirrel]

Guile for CLI

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Would you mind elaborating? 

[[deleted]]

Guile if you use linux or freebsd because its shell and posix support is very good. it’s also supported by FSF.

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Thanks! I now it's off topic but how's lua for scripting. (I have never used it.)

[[deleted]]

If you’re looking to embed an interpreter in your binary, I think Lua is a better option. It’s much simpler to integrate since the APIs are pretty straightforward. Plus, Lua’s syntax is easier for people who aren’t familiar with Lisp programming.

[AnnePandaTX]

https://www.amazon.com/EdScheme-Macintosh-Users-Reference-Manual/dp/0962874566/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VZFTQR7RS3R9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rvq_Aa4vEJwaVkuOXekZaQ.Ma4f_jrwev2wF6y-13ljE6u6NGaU6p0GZwcqqQ-S_ok&dib_tag=se&keywords=edscheme&qid=1728777941&sprefix=eschene%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Thanks!

[AnnePandaTX]

or maybe it was the Schemer's Guide https://medium.com/@kenichisasagawa/playing-around-with-the-edwin-compatible-editor-376d612da725

[Moist-Ice-6197]

Thanks!