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From: rich@Rice.edu (Carey Richard Murphey)
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Subject: Re: what makes scheme?
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In article <RICH.90Aug7015042@uncle-bens.Rice.edu> Rich Murphey <Rich@Rice.edu> writes:
> I'm curious to know what else is out there that's a minimal
> implementation, easy to modify, port, interface with other C code, and
> redistribute.  As a scheme novice, I am easily overwhelmed by the size
> of elk



I've had several responses which recomended siod highly.

Robert C. Pettengill <rcp@mcc.com> writes:
>This is exactly what SIOD is good for!  All the others are much
>larger.
  
Although Elk and Jason Coughlin's interpreter are relatively small
compared to distribuitions like mit-scheme, siod's under 2000 lines.

Neil MacDonald <nbm@uk.ac.ed.castle> writes:
>siod (Scheme in One Day/Defun) is a small, clearly written, easily
>ported implementation of a Scheme subset.  I have built it on a variety
>of Unix-ish systems. 

I'm still learning scheme, and the simplicity of siod is a great help.
The small source size makes the task of understanding the interpreter
much more manageable.  Rich