garey@gtm.uucp (Garey Mills) (11/14/89)
In 1985 MIT put out a memo on C Scheme which listed the versions of Scheme then available in the public domain. Among them was Vincennes Scheme, and in MIT's description they noted that a Scheme-to-C compiler was also available. I have also heard of such a compiler existing from other sources, but no one was sure from where. I cannot get in touch with the guy responsible for Vincennes Scheme, so I'm asking generally. Is such a compiler available? Is it public domain? Where can it be had? Any info would help. Thanks, Garey Mills (garey@gtm.EBAY.sun.com)
bartlett@DECWRL.DEC.COM (11/15/89)
I don't know anything about the status of Vincennes Scheme, but a Scheme->C compiler was also done at DEC WRL. Besides the required and most of the optional items of R3RS, it includes: a compacting generational collector, "expansion passing style" macros, a foreign function call capability, and interfaces to X11's Xlib. The software is not "public domain", but the license terms are fairly liberal. Users of the software may use, modify, copy and distribute the software and documentation, but may not offer it for sale or transfer it for compensation (see the actual license for complete details). Licensees must sign a license agreement and there is a $100 distribution fee for the software. Send me a mail message with your postal address if you'd like further information about licensing the software. jfb