phr@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Paul Rubin) (03/04/86)
A few people have asked about Scheme on this newsgroup. Scheme is a
block structured Lisp dialect described in "Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs", by Harold Abelson and Gerald J.
Sussman with Julie Sussman, from The MIT Press & McGraw-Hill Book
Company, 1985. There is a mailing list, info-cscheme@prep.ai.mit.edu,
for Scheme questions and discussions.
This is to let everyone know that you can get a copy of the MIT Scheme
implementation from the Free Software Foundation (who are also
bringing you GNU). If you are on the Internet, you can FTP the Scheme
distribution from host prep.ai.mit.edu. In order to do this, first,
get the file /u2/emacs/GETTING-GNU-SOFTWARE from that host. That file
gives you further instructions about where different programs are
located.
If you can't ftp, you can order a tape from FSF.
Send $150 to:
Free Software Foundation
1000 Mass Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Note that the $150 is a tape copying fee; like all software
distributed by FSF, everyone is allowed to make and distribute copies of
the tape's contents.
The tape also contains the famous GNU Emacs editor, which itself
contains a Lisp interpreter, along with the TeX source for the Emacs
manual. (You can order Emacs manuals from FSF for $15/copy, $60/box
of six, if you don't want to print your own. The FSF copies are very
nicely typeset and printed, with an illustrated cover.) For overseas
orders, add $15 per tape or manual for airmail delivery.
Massachusetts residents please add 5% sales tax to all prices. Please
include your payment with your order; FSF does not have the staff to
send out bills or handle PO's.
Oh, yes. ("But wait, there's more:") the tape also contains sources
for hack (a rogue-like dungeon game), and Bison, a compatible replacement
for Yacc that uses more efficient algorithms and generates faster parsers.
If you like the software you receive, please express your satisfaction
by sending a donation to FSF at the above address. It will be used to
develop more quality software (eventually, a complete Unix replacement)
to be distributed on the same free basis as Scheme, Emacs, and Bison.
Paul Rubin
sometime GNU collaborator