Scheme Is a Hoot

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• NordStreamYacht 1 hour ago
  I don't understand.

  Why not just use Scheme directly, what's the benefit of porting to Hoot?

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  • Jtsummers 1 hour ago
    > Why not just use Scheme directly, what's the benefit of porting to Hoot?

    Scheme is not a thing you use directly, you have to select an implementation. Hoot is one such implementation (targeting execution on WASM).
  • ryukafalz 1 hour ago
    Presumably to run in the browser? Guile Scheme is great for native programs but you need Hoot to run it in a browser.
  • wallstop 1 hour ago
    I think the second sentence of the article covers that pretty simply? To run it in the browser with wasm?

    > One of the most exciting things I've been doing with this is getting my Scheme to compile to the Web thanks to Hoot.