On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Leonardo Valeri Manera<l.valeriman...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
As long as your referring to "Java the language" and not "Java the platform" (i.e. the JVM), I'll agree with you. What are peoples opinions on Bigloo, which I believe can create Java Bytecode and/or compile to C source files? -- http://www.apgwoz.com _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
