Guile lacks https support by default, which is a really glaring omission in any modern language! I've submitted some code adapted from Guix previously as a step towards adding https support:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2015-09/msg00031.html While it can be pulled off through some gnutls hacks, these have problems. Unfortunately, it seems that the file descriptor is leaked: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20145 I've been told on IRC that the "right solution" is to add r6rs style binary ports: http://www.r6rs.org/final/html/r6rs-lib/r6rs-lib-Z-H-9.html So maybe that's what should be done? Anyway, I think this is one of *the most important things* that Guile currently lacks. (It's held me back from considering Guile as a serious choice for at least one project, myself!) Hope it can be fixed! - Chris
