On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:30:02 -0500, Joe Marshall <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> I largely sat out the R6RS process.  This time, I'd like to be more  
> pro-active.
>
> I have compiled a list of `Scheme Implementations'.  You can view it  
> here:
>
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=twRSWnj1h-j_F3IHRXxwrmg&output=html
>
> The list is not intended to include *every* Scheme implementation, but  
> it is
> intended to include implementations that are somewhat `active'.  No
> doubt I missed
> some, and no doubt there are errors.  I invite - no, I implore -
> people to send me
> corrections and updates.

I see one implementation on the list (LispMe) which the author considers  
to be dead (i.e. no future versions will be developed).

Perhaps the best way of compiling accurate information on which  
implementations are currently being developed is to put out an open call  
for implementors to fill out a survey, and to send an invitation to  
implementors who are reasonably active. In order to come up with a  
"ranking", perhaps an open survey of users asking how often they program  
in Scheme (perhaps a # of hours per month) and which implementations they  
use, ranked by amount of time spent using it (perhaps by dividing up the  
hours). It doesn't need to be exceptionally accurate, but I think it would  
be a good way of objectively "ranking" implementations.
-- 
Brian Mastenbrook
[email protected]
http://brian.mastenbrook.net/

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