Changeset 31675 in project
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r31674 r31675 1 1 %% 2 %% A flyer for promoting C hickenScheme!2 %% A flyer for promoting CHICKEN Scheme! 3 3 %% 4 4 … … 39 39 40 40 \begin{center} 41 \Huge\textbf{C hickenScheme}\\41 \Huge\textbf{CHICKEN Scheme}\\ 42 42 \normalsize\textsc{A practical and portable Scheme system} 43 43 \vskip 0pt plus 1fill … … 48 48 49 49 50 \section{What is C hickenScheme?}51 52 C hickenis a \emph{robust} and \emph{mature} compiler for the53 programming language \emph{Scheme}. C hickenhas been around for over50 \section{What is CHICKEN Scheme?} 51 52 CHICKEN is a \emph{robust} and \emph{mature} compiler for the 53 programming language \emph{Scheme}. CHICKEN has been around for over 54 54 10 years now, and has a growing group of dedicated users. 55 55 … … 58 58 powerful interpreter. 59 59 60 C hickenis above all a \emph{practical} system; there are literally60 CHICKEN is above all a \emph{practical} system; there are literally 61 61 \emph{hundreds} of extension libraries (known as ``eggs'') available 62 62 to help you get some real work done! There are extensions for web … … 95 95 96 96 \pagebreak 97 \section{So, why C hickenand not {\mdseries\itshape$<$insert~Scheme~here$>$?}}97 \section{So, why CHICKEN and not {\mdseries\itshape$<$insert~Scheme~here$>$?}} 98 98 99 99 Scheme is such a minimalist and easy to parse language that there are 100 100 \emph{thousands} of implementations. However, implementing a 101 101 \emph{good} Scheme is nontrivial. Of the implementations that are not 102 toys, we prefer C hickenbecause it:102 toys, we prefer CHICKEN because it: 103 103 104 104 \begin{itemize} … … 111 111 \end{itemize} 112 112 113 \section{What is C hickenScheme used for?}113 \section{What is CHICKEN Scheme used for?} 114 114 115 115 Scheme is a general purpose language, so your imagination is the limit! … … 117 117 118 118 The ease of integrating C libraries and the rapid turnaround offered 119 by the interpreter make C hickena great prototyping platform.120 121 Many of us automate our sysadmin tasks with C hicken.122 123 It's easy as pie to make web apps with C hicken's web server119 by the interpreter make CHICKEN a great prototyping platform. 120 121 Many of us automate our sysadmin tasks with CHICKEN. 122 123 It's easy as pie to make web apps with CHICKEN's web server 124 124 \emph{Spiffy} and the web framework \emph{Awful}. Our wiki is 125 125 a good example of this. … … 189 189 As you can see, calling C functions is quite easy. If you have longer 190 190 C code, you can also write your functions in a separate C file and 191 compile those against your C hickenprogram. You can just call those192 functions from C hicken.191 compile those against your CHICKEN program. You can just call those 192 functions from CHICKEN. 193 193 194 194 \section{Cool, I want to get started!} 195 195 196 196 Great to have you on board! Chances are your operating system already 197 packages C hickenScheme. Try that first. Once you have it installed,197 packages CHICKEN Scheme. Try that first. Once you have it installed, 198 198 you can try some code with the \textbf{C}hicken \textbf{S}cheme 199 199 \textbf{i}nterpreter \emph{csi}. … … 203 203 204 204 CHICKEN 205 (c) 2008-2014, The C hickenTeam205 (c) 2008-2014, The CHICKEN Team 206 206 (c) 2000-2007, Felix L. Winkelmann 207 207 Version 4.9.0.1 (stability/4.9.0) (rev 8b3189b) … … 209 209 bootstrapped 2014-06-07 210 210 211 #;1> (print "Welcome to C hickenScheme!")212 Welcome to C hickenScheme!211 #;1> (print "Welcome to CHICKEN Scheme!") 212 Welcome to CHICKEN Scheme! 213 213 #;2> (* 3 (+ 3 4) (/ 4 2)) 214 214 42 … … 218 218 If you aren't familiar with Scheme yet, you can check out the 219 219 extensive list of books at {\tt http://www.schemers.org/}. 220 For C hickenScheme specific documentation, try our wiki.221 222 For C hickenScheme specific questions there is a newbie-friendly220 For CHICKEN Scheme specific documentation, try our wiki. 221 222 For CHICKEN Scheme specific questions there is a newbie-friendly 223 223 mailing list \emph{chicken-users@nongnu.org}. 224 224 225 The C hickenTeam is also reachable on Freenode's IRC, channel225 The CHICKEN Team is also reachable on Freenode's IRC, channel 226 226 \#chicken. This channel has many helpful people who are friendly to 227 227 beginners, so don't be afraid to join! … … 229 229 \pagebreak 230 230 231 \section{C hickenScheme on the net}231 \section{CHICKEN Scheme on the net} 232 232 \begin{tabular}{ll} 233 233 Main site:& {\tt http://www.call-cc.org/}\\ … … 246 246 247 247 \vskip 0pt plus 1fill 248 {\small The C hickenLogo has been made by Joshua Griffith. The other248 {\small The CHICKEN Logo has been made by Joshua Griffith. The other 249 249 images are drawn by Conrad Barski, used with his kind 250 250 permission. Also have a look at his book \emph{``Land of Lisp''} on
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