Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!mikel From: mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme Subject: Re: Scheme on Mac Plus Message-ID: <50212@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 13 Mar 91 19:19:10 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 25 In article rodrigue@diamond.cs.yale.edu (joseph rodrigue) writes: >Hi, can someone point me to (a) a list of available Scheme compilers for the >Mac Plus, and/or (b) one of said compilers. Recommendations and advice >welcome. > >Thank you. XScheme is available free. I think it's on uunet.uu.net. It's written in C, and is quite portable. It includes some object- oriented facilities. Its compiler generates byte codes, which are then interpreted. Lightship software of Beaverton Oregon supplies a couple of version of their MacScheme. The full development system is, I think, $495, and includes a very efficient native code compiler and full interfaces to the Mac Toolbox. On the other hand, I find the price a little steep considering the relative crudeness of the development environment. Apple's Common Lisp has the same price and a far superior development environment. The trade-off is that MacScheme can create a 100K application, whereas you are darn lucky to get one under 800K with Apple's Common Lisp. I have been known to prototype code in Apple's Common Lisp, using PsuedoScheme, and move it to MacScheme for compilation.