2009/7/3 Andreas Rottmann <a.rottm...@gmx.at>: > Peter Bex <peter....@xs4all.nl> writes: > >> On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 01:42:16PM -0700, Shawn Rutledge wrote: >>> If you want real Scheme (rather than just lisp-like) you could try >>> Kawa. I have not tried either one, though. >> >> Actually, I think SISC is the canonical Scheme-on-Java. Not sure why, >> possibly because it's better maintained or implements Scheme more >> completely? >> > IIRC, SISC is a complete implementation of R5RS, while Kawa punts on > continuations (it has only escape continuations) and proper tail > calls[0]. > > [0] http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/internals/complications.html > > Regards, Rotty
I've always considered the most important difference between the two to be the fact that SISC is an interpreter, while Kawa is also a bytecode compiler. There are some cases where you want compiled classes to be crapped out at the end of the day, continuations or no continuations. I do wish the SISC codebase would move a little, afaik its been static since early 2008, and while its good, its not bug-free. Kawa has limitations, but is maintained. In the end, it comes to the right tool for the job. One's aim should be to ensure that the tool isn't Java. :d Cheers, Leo _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
