Does anyone know of a page that details the history of why the #GNU Project has TWO implementations of the #Scheme programming language (#mitscheme and #guile)?

I know guile was designed as an 'extension language' for other apps, but I'm slightly confused why they couldn't just use the mit-scheme they already had?

What are the differences between them?

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#askfedi I'm starting to learn #scheme as a possible alternative for using #go #golang in the future, especially for servers, backend type stuff. I was wondering if you could recommend a scheme implementation to use. I'm looking for one that is R7RS-compliant and has good documentation. Right now I am planning to use #mitscheme #gnuscheme. Thanks

Having followed the whole #GuileEmacs debate a few years ago, I was (and still am) surprised that #Edwin, the Emacs-family editor integrated into #MITScheme, never came up in these discussions.

While it certainly lacks the bazillion libraries that power #Emacs, Edwin is as GNU Emacs-like as it gets - and it's programmable in #Scheme! It has a great buffer/listener combo, an #Info reader, shell facilities, you name it. Any Emacs user would feel right at home in it. And also: Scheme, man, Scheme!

So, obviously, a Scheme-powered Emacs is not only possible, it has actually existed for quite a while now.

getting my feet wet with the #MITscheme and this os Edwin, the embedded Emacs like editor.

The fonts are so small that i can barely see them 😕

How do I enlarge them ?

The Emacs key combos don't work