R8RS Scheme

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:standard
gptkbp:abbreviation R8RS
gptkbp:describes gptkb:Scheme_programming_language
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Marc_Feeley
gptkb:John_Cowan
gptkb:John_Boyle
gptkb:Alex_Shinn
gptkb:Alaric_Snell-Pym
gptkb:Alexis_King
gptkb:Andy_Wingo
gptkb:Arthur_A._Gleckler
gptkb:Bradley_Lucier
gptkb:Lassi_Kortela
gptkb:Marc_Nieper-Wißkirchen
gptkb:Matthew_Flatt
gptkb:Per_Bothner
gptkb:Peter_Bex
gptkb:Shiro_Kawai
gptkb:Taylan_Ulrich_Bayırlı/Kammer
gptkb:Vladimir_Sedach
Amirouche Boubekki
Jens Axel Søgaard
Jörg F. Wittenberger
Oleh Krehel
gptkbp:fullName Revised^8 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
gptkbp:goal Improve performance
Clarify semantics
Enhance modularity
Improve I/O system
Improve Unicode support
Improve backward compatibility
Improve bytevectors
Improve concurrency support
Improve conditions system
Improve documentation system
Improve environments
Improve error handling
Improve exception handling
Improve foreign function interface
Improve forward compatibility
Improve hash tables
Improve implementation guidance
Improve internationalization
Improve library system
Improve localization
Improve macro system
Improve module system
Improve networking support
Improve numeric tower
Improve package management
Improve pattern matching
Improve process control
Improve random number generation
Improve record types
Improve regular expressions
Improve security features
Improve standard library
Improve string handling
Improve syntax-case macros
Improve testing framework
Improve threading support
Improve time and date handling
Improve user experience
Improve vector handling
Increase portability
Modernize Scheme language
Support larger programs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label R8RS Scheme
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Lisp
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:R7RS_Scheme
gptkbp:status in development
gptkbp:successor None (latest draft as of 2024)
gptkbp:website https://small.r7rs.org/wiki/R8RS/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:R7RS_Scheme
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8