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From: Ray Lai <ray@raylai.com>
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Date: Thu,  2 Jul 2015 17:12:32 +0800
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Scheme 9 ported to Plan 9
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Awesome work!

> On 2 Jul, 2015, at 4:11 pm, Nils M Holm <nmh@t3x.org> wrote:
>
>
> Scheme 9 from Empty Space (pun intended and originally a reference
> to the movie, not to the OS) is an interpreter for R4RS Scheme.
>
> In 2008 Bakul Shah pointed out that an interpreter with that name
> should run on the Plan 9 OS and helped me port it. Ever since the
> Plan 9 port has been in varying stages of bit rot.
>
> After all the years I finally came around to straighten out some
> rough edges of the Plan 9 port:
>
> - the DEL key gets you back to the prompt instead of exiting the
>  interpreter
>
> - there is a target for system-wide installation in the mkfile
>  (but S9 also runs in its source directory without installation)
>
> - the HELP function works properly
>
> So, if you are looking for a Scheme interpreter for Plan 9, look
> no further! :)  http://t3x.org/s9fes
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --
> Nils M Holm  < n m h @ t 3 x . o r g >  www.t3x.org
>