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Tom Lord <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Pika Scheme
System name: pika
Type: non-GNU

Description:
http://arch.quackerhead.com/~lord/releases/pika/





The primary objective of this project is to build an implementation

of Scheme which:



    * can run as an interpreter

    * is written in relatively portable C

    * has good performance running interpreted code

    * is easily extended by writing new primitive functions in C

    * is easily targeted by a Scheme->C compiler

    * has a precise garbage collector

    * can have an incremental garbage collector

    * implements R5RS precisely

    * has a small amount of source code and small footprint

    * supports multiple instances in a single process

    * has a firmly abstract interface to the representation of Scheme types

    * can run multi-threaded programs

    * has first-class environments

    * has a low start-up time

    * has a complete set of features for Posix systems programming

    * has a richy featureful string and buffer type



  and, most importantly:



    * is simple, clean, cool, nifty, fun, and has high potential for

      future hacking



    * encourages other people to join in and help with this project

      by various means (see below).



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