[swn] Schemer's Gazette for mid-March 2006

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Subject: Table of Contents

 Planet Scheme
 The Scheme Shop
 Kawa 1.8 available
 Scheme Pet Store
 STklos 0.71 - a Scheme compiler/interpreter
 Sassy-0.1 - An assembler in Scheme
 bigloo2.7a
 SISCweb 0.3 - Stateful Scheme web framework for J2EE
 SRFI 82: Stream Ports
 SRFI 81: Port I/O
 SRFI 80: Stream I/O
 SISCweb 0.31 - Stateful Scheme web framework for J2EE
 mod_lisp for R5Rs 0.4
 SRFI 83: R6RS Library Syntax
 Withdrawn SRFI 73: Exact Infinities
 Withdrawn SRFI 68: Comprehensive I/O
 Sketchy binaries
 Portable macros - Now with R6RS libraries
 Final SRFI 66: Octet Vectors
 Final SRFI 74: Octet-Addressed Binary Blocks
 HtmlPrag 0.15, etc.
 PLT Scheme v300
 Withdrawn SRFI 50: Mixing Scheme and C
 Scheme Library release slib3a3
 JACAL symbolic mathematics program release jacal1b6
 Scheme implementation scm5e2 released
 SWIG 1.3.28
 CHICKEN 2.3
 Guile 1.8.0 has been released.
 SRFI 85: Recursive Equivalence Predicates

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Subject: Planet Scheme
From: Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@xxxxxx>
[...]
I've created a little Scheme planet on
http://planet-scheme.yi.org. The criterium for being feeded is mostly
that you provide a feed that contains only Scheme-related entries;
I've still to investigate tagging for blogs that don't support
per-category feeds.
[...]

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From: pmatos <pocm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: The Scheme Shop
Date: 23 Oct 2005 10:48:26 -0700

Announcing the Scheme Shop to you all.
Official Shop for the Portuguese Scheme Portal at schemept.org.
Europe: schemeportalss.spreadshirt.net
US: schemeportalss.spreadshirt.com

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From: Per Bothner <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Kawa 1.8 available
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:47:30 GMT

Finally (22 months after Kawa.7.90) I am pleased to announce
Kawa 1.8.  Kawa is (among oter things), an implementation of
Scheme that runs in the Java environment, and compiles Scheme
(and other languages) to Java bytecodes. [...]

See the Kawa home-page
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
which links to
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/Installation.html

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From: Ben Simon <benjisimon@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Scheme Pet Store
Date: 24 Oct 2005 07:23:54 -0700

I would like to announce the availability of the Scheme Pet Store, a
version of the Java Pet Store, written in Scheme. This application
demonstrates the creation of a non-trivial, e-commerce-based web
application in Scheme. [...]

    * The website: http://schemepetstore.pbwiki.com/
    * The project writeup: http://schemepetstore.pbwiki.com/ProjectWriteup
    * The source code: http://schemepetstore.pbwiki.com/DownloadSource

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From: --uniceDOTfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: STklos 0.71 - a Scheme compiler/interpreter
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:34:51 -0600

This is an announce for the 0.71 release of STklos. [...]

Changes in this release:

     * Added virtual ports (ports defined by user functions)
     * The reader accepts now #eof to denote the eend of file object
     * Fix problems with SunOS support
     * Fix problems with gcc4 compilation
     * Hash tables are now compliant to SRFI-69 (Basic Hash
       Tables). This implies some (compatible) changes in the
       hash-tables function names.

[Homepage is http://www.stklos.net/ -- MJR]

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From: Jonathan Kraut <jak76@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Sassy-0.1 - An assembler in Scheme
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:22:58 GMT

Sassy is a 32-bit x86 assembler written in Scheme, based on Henry 
Baker's COMFY65 Compiler.

Sassy supports the full x86 instruction set (SSE and all that), and 
comes with an output module for targeting ELF (we got GOT) and an API to 
write your own output modules.

Sassy currently runs on:
mzscheme-209
scheme48-1.3
scm-5e1 with SLIB 3a2
gosh-0.8.5
csi-2.2 with libffi support and syntax-case, numbers eggs [...]

http://home.earthlink.net/~krautj/sassy/sassy.html

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From: Manuel Serrano <Manuel.Serrano@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: bigloo2.7a
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:01:48 +0100

The new Bigloo release 2.7a is now available. The distribution and a
description of the system can be found at:

    http://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo

Release 2.7a is a major release. The highlights of this version are:
    * Support for preemptive multi-threading.
    * Support for exceptions.
    * Various APIs extensions. [...]

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From: acolomba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alessandro Colomba)
Subject: SISCweb 0.3 - Stateful Scheme web framework for J2EE
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:23:02 +0000 (UTC)

I would like to announce the release of SISCweb v0.3, available at:
   http://siscweb.sourceforge.net/

This releases introduces internal changes, a less monolithical
packaging, and a few bug fixes. [...]

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From: Donovan Kolbly <donovan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SRFI 82: Stream Ports
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:39:42 GMT

This announces the availability for discussion of
Scheme Request for Implementation 82 "Stream Ports"
by Michael Sperber.

Its draft and an archive of the ongoing discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-82/ [...]

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From: Donovan Kolbly <donovan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SRFI 81: Port I/O
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:38:03 GMT

This announces the availability for discussion of
Scheme Request for Implementation 81 "Port I/O"
by Michael Sperber.

Its draft and an archive of the ongoing discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-81/ [...]

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From: Donovan Kolbly <donovan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SRFI 80: Stream I/O
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:36:58 GMT

This announces the availability for discussion of
Scheme Request for Implementation 80 "Stream I/O"
by Michael Sperber.

Its draft and an archive of the ongoing discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-80/ [...]

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From: acolomba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alessandro Colomba)
Subject: SISCweb 0.31 - Stateful Scheme web framework for J2EE
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:30:53 +0000 (UTC)

I would like to announce the release of SISCweb v0.31, available at:
   http://siscweb.sourceforge.net/

This is a fix release. [...]
Thanks to Dan Muresan for spotting these bugs.

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From: Alan Grover <awgrover@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mod_lisp for R5Rs 0.4
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:38:59 -0500

Implements the elements of the mod_lisp protocol in R5RS.

awg-mod_lisp-0.4
Fixed non-R5RS problems, tested under a R5RS environment.
        Summary:
        * Removed/replaced some non-R5RS
        * Added slightly better documentation
        * Tested under R5RS environment in Guile

Available at: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141512


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From:  srfi-editors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SRFI 83: R6RS Library Syntax
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:38:38 -0500

This announces the availability for discussion of
Scheme Request for Implementation 83 "R6RS Library Syntax"
by Matthew Flatt and Kent Dybvig.

Its draft and an archive of the ongoing discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-83/ [...]

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From: srfi-editors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Withdrawn SRFI 73: Exact Infinities
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:24:38 +0100

This announces that Scheme Request for Implementation 73
"Exact Infinities" by Chongkai Zhu has gone into ``withdrawn'' status.

The document and an archive of the discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-73/

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From: srfi-editors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Withdrawn SRFI 68: Comprehensive I/O
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:04:33 +0100

This announces that Scheme Request for Implementation 68
"Comprehensive I/O" by Michael Sperber has gone into ``withdrawn'' status.

The document and an archive of the discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-68/

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From: Nils M Holm <spam@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Sketchy binaries
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:58:21 +0000 (UTC)

Sketchy is an interpreter for a purely applicative dialect of
Scheme. It may be considered an implementation of pure LISP
plus global definitions, first-class continuations, and some
input/output functions. [...]

The Sketchy source code and binaries can be downloaded here:
http://www.t3x.org/sketchy

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From: Andre <andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Portable macros - Now with R6RS libraries
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:18:52 -0500

I would like to announce version 2.2 of
      "Portable Macros and R6RS Libraries"
available at
    http://www.het.brown.edu/people/andre/macros/index.htm
 
Changes since version 2.1:
   * The module system has been replaced by the
     SRFI-83 R6RS Library Proposal.  

This will be updated, time permitting, as the latter evolves.

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From:  srfi-editors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Final SRFI 66: Octet Vectors
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:49:30 -0500

This announces that Scheme Request for Implementation 66
"Octet Vectors" by Michael Sperber has gone into ``final'' status.

The document and an archive of the discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-66/

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From:  srfi-editors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Final SRFI 74: Octet-Addressed Binary Blocks
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:49:54 -0500

This announces that Scheme Request for Implementation 74
"Octet-Addressed Binary Blocks" by Michael Sperber
has gone into ``final'' status.

The document and an archive of the discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-74/

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:19:45 -0500
From: Neil Van Dyke <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: HtmlPrag 0.15, etc.

HtmlPrag 0.15 has been released with a couple improvements:
    http://www.neilvandyke.org/htmlprag/

"csv.scm" and "rfc3339.scm" have also seen recent small releases:
    http://www.neilvandyke.org/csv-scm/
    http://www.neilvandyke.org/rfc3339-scm/

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From: Eli Barzilay <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: PLT Scheme v300
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:31:50 -0600

PLT Scheme version 300 is now available from
    http://download.plt-scheme.org/

Version 300 offers many improvements over version 209 (the previous
stable release), including:
 * Unicode characters and strings
 * access to foreign functions and libraries directly from Scheme
 * anti-aliased drawing (on most platforms), with improved GUI and
   text performance on Mac OS X and a more modern look for X11
[...]

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From: srfi-editors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Withdrawn SRFI 50: Mixing Scheme and C
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:10:04 +0100

This announces that Scheme Request for Implementation 50
"SRFI 50: Mixing Scheme and C" by Richard Kelsey and Michael Sperber
has gone into ``withdrawn'' status.

The document and an archive of the discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-50/

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Subject: Scheme Library release slib3a3
From: Aubrey Jaffer <agj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15 Feb 2006 12:22:04 -0500

This message announces the availability of Scheme Library release slib3a3.

[...] SLIB supports the Bigloo, Chez, DrScheme, ELK, GAMBIT, Jscheme,
MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM,
SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM implementations. [...]

Documentation and distributions in several formats are linked from
SLIB's home page: http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html

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Subject: JACAL symbolic mathematics program release jacal1b6
From: Aubrey Jaffer <agj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15 Feb 2006 12:31:40 -0500

This message announces the availability of JACAL release jacal1b6.

JACAL is an interactive symbolic mathematics program.  JACAL can
manipulate and simplify equations, scalars, vectors, and matrices of
single and multiple valued algebraic expressions containing numbers,
variables, radicals, and algebraic differential, and holonomic
functions. [...]

Documentation and distributions in several formats are linked from
JACAL's home page: http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/JACAL.html

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Subject: Scheme implementation scm5e2 released
From: Aubrey Jaffer <agj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15 Feb 2006 12:23:12 -0500

This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5e2.

SCM conforms to Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
and the IEEE P1178 specification.  SCM is written in C and runs under
Amiga, Atari-ST, MacOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Windows,
Unix, and similar systems. [...]

Documentation and distributions in several formats are linked from
SCM's home page: http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM.html

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From: Matthias Koeppe <mkoeppe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SWIG 1.3.28
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:11:48 +0100

http://www.swig.org

We're pleased to announce SWIG-1.3.28, the latest installment in the
SWIG development effort.  SWIG-1.3.28 includes a number of bug fixes
and large number of enhancements throughout.

SWIG is a software development tool that reads C/C++ header files and
generates the wrapper code needed to make C and C++ code accessible
from other languages [...]

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From: "bunny351@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bunny351@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: CHICKEN 2.3
Date: 18 Feb 2006 15:13:18 -0800

The CHICKEN Scheme-to-C compiler, Version 2.3 is now
available at <http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org>.

Things changed since the last release (2.2):
- Many many bugfixes
- compiler:
  * new option `-profile-name FILENAME'
- the `chicken-config' script has been removed, identical functionality
can be provided by `csc'
[...]

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From: Marius Vollmer <mvo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Guile 1.8.0 has been released.
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:07:04 +0200

The Guile hackers are pleased to announce the release of Guile 1.8.0.
It can be found here: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-1.8.0.tar.gz

Its SHA1 checksum is
    22462680feeda1e5400195c01dee666162503d66  guile-1.8.0.tar.gz

We already know about some issues with 1.8.0, please check the mailing
lists: http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/mail/mail.html

The NEWS file is quite long. [...]

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From: srfi-editors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SRFI 85: Recursive Equivalence Predicates
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:10:46 +0100

This announces the availability for discussion of
Scheme Request for Implementation 85 "Recursive Equivalence Predicates"
by William D Clinger.

Its draft and an archive of the ongoing discussion is available at
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-85/ [...]

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Subject: End of edition

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