I may actually just not have enough memory to compile #GambitScheme with the configuration options from the #ArchLinux AUR package—at least while doing anything else at the same time; the tmux tab keeps dying to the OOM killer. Ergh. Hmm, maybe if I tweak the PKGBUILD to remove the options that enable expensive optimizations and such?

Quoting the memo:

The outgoing Steering Committee was elected in 2009 and successfully oversaw the production and ratification of the R7RS small language report until 2013. Unfortunately, during the protracted initial development of the R7RS large language after that, it fell dormant.

The current Scheme Working Group resolved in September 2025 to ask the Steering Commitee for a new election because it felt that after such long dormancy the outgoing Steering Committee was no longer able, as a group, to make and implement decisions effectively.

The Scheme standardization process charter says, ‘The Steering Committee itself shall establish procedures for replacing its members.’ The outgoing Steering Committee unanimously decided to delegate this task to the current Working Group. The Working Group has very closely modelled the procedure to be used this time on the procedure used last time.

The Working Group has written a statement to candidates and voters explaining what it hopes for in a new steering committee.

Lobste.rs thread

#tech #software #Scheme #SchemeLang #ProgrammingLanguage #R7RS #R7RSLarge #Lisp #FunctionalProgramming #Guile #GuileScheme #ChezScheme #ChickenScheme #GambitScheme #RacketLang #Racket

TIL #GerbilScheme has a built-in testing library.

oooOOooOoOo.

Alas, I keep avoiding Gerbil because its documentation is 99% non-existent, and #GambitScheme's‡ docs don't look too robust either

#Documentation matters folks, ESPECIALLY when you want to convince someone to use your programming language.

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‡ Gerbil Scheme is built on top of Gambit Scheme.

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