Re: [racket-users] executables

2020-12-04 Thread epi via Racket Users
Hi George, > [For those about to object: yes, Scheme has a formal denotational definition > in contrast to the many languages that are operationally defined by > (relatively) informal description of behavior combined with a "reference" > implementation. Consider that Scheme's denotational spec i

Re: [racket-users] executables

2020-11-27 Thread Tim Meehan
Hi George, thanks for the reply! I work a bit with hardware, but I'm not terribly good with assembly. I know enough about hardware to know how hard this must be to get working - but it does interest me a lot. The more I learn, the more respect I have for the tools available. I guess for self-host

Re: [racket-users] executables

2020-11-24 Thread George Neuner
On 11/24/2020 7:34 PM, Tim Meehan wrote: Some Schemes allow you to compile to a (self-hosting?) executable (Chicken {via C}, Chez, Racket, others?). Some do not (Guile, others?), but compile to bytecode. Why would a group of developers choose one over the other? Or is the end result not that

[racket-users] executables

2020-11-24 Thread Tim Meehan
Some Schemes allow you to compile to a (self-hosting?) executable (Chicken {via C}, Chez, Racket, others?). Some do not (Guile, others?), but compile to bytecode. Why would a group of developers choose one over the other? Or is the end result not that different in either case? Is there a book/pape