Subject: Re: What is the difference between scheme and guile?
From: rpw3@rigden.engr.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
Date: 2000/03/11
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Message-ID: <8ack5i$j9rsr$1@fido.engr.sgi.com>
Thomas Baruchel <baruchel@libertysurf.fr> wrote:
+---------------
| -scm
| -guile
| -elk
| Which one is the best for me?
| And actually, what's the difference between scm and elk?
+---------------

The Guile project began with the SCM sources, but has since diverged *greatly*.
SCM continues to be maintained as its own entity.

Elk is a completely separate lineage.

+---------------
| Does each one of the three have a particuliar specificity,
| or is one more powerfull?
+---------------

Depends on what you want. They each have a few things that the others don't,
but whether that matters to you... is up to you.

Overall, however, I prefer MzScheme <URL:http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/
packages/mzscheme/index.html> over any of the above, for most stuff.

But as always, YMMV.


-Rob

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