The Pre-Scheme Restoration project is now underway
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- 3 hours ago | 11 points | 1 comments
- URL: https://prescheme.org/posts/announcing-the-pre-scheme-restoration.html
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40747266
- Summary: The Pre-Scheme Restoration project, funded by NLnet, aims to revive an obscure, yet significant compiler for a low-level functional programming language. The language, Pre-Scheme, offers a unique combination of features, including a static type system, support for macros, and an optimizing compiler targeting C. The project's objective is to make Pre-Scheme a practical alternative to C for the wider Scheme community by porting the compiler to various R7RS-compatible Scheme implementations, improving tooling, revising the language, and investing in documentation. Follow updates at #prescheme on the fediverse or join the #guile-steel channel on IRC.