[Scm-discuss] Scheme release scm-5e6 available

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This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm-5e6.

SCM conforms to Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
and the IEEE P1178 specification.  SCM is written in C and runs under
Amiga, Atari-ST, MacOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Windows,
Unix, and similar systems.

SCM is free software and part of the GNU project.  It is released
under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

Documentation and distributions in several formats are linked from
SCM's home page:

             http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/SCM

Links to distributions of SCM and related softwares are at the end of
this message.

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scm-5e6 news:

* Website moved to http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/SCM

 From Martin Ward

  * hobbit.scm (*c-keywords*): Added system, random, and exit.
  (*char-replacements*): Added backslash.

 From Thomas Bushnell BSG

  * build.scm (linux-ia64, build-continue-ia64): Include
  continue-ia64.o in .a libraries.

 From Radey Shouman

  * scm.c (ignore_signals): Added volatile assignment to
  prevent scmable_signal function from being optimized
  away - relevant only to windows builds.

 From Aubrey Jaffer

  * ioext.c (make-directory): Fixed umask (to #o022).

  * scl.c (scm_bigdblcomp): Fixed comparison with infinities.
  (scm_max, scm_min): Renamed from lmax, lmin.
  (bigdblop): Fixed division by 0 and infinities.
  (bigdblop): Fixed case: (/ (+ 1 most-positive-fixnum) 1e-165)
  (istr2flo): +/, +/0, and 234/ are no longer numbers.

  * r4rstest.scm (6 5 5): Added exact-integer division tests.
  (6 9): Added (procedure? /).
  (4 2 4): Added test for test clause without expressions.

  * rope.c (scm_gc_protect): Don't check if already protected; for
  large Hobbit compiles that is an O(N^2) process.
  * hobbit.scm (make-initialization-function!): Sets no_symhash_gc.
  * sys.c, scm.h (no_symhash_gc): Added for Hobbit-produced code.

  * scm.c (scm_getenv): Renamed from lgetenv; with no arguments,
  returns names and values of all the environment variables as an
  association-list.
  * scm.texi (SCM Session): Added description of getenv (extension).

  * repl.c (wait_for_input): Removed restriction to input-ports.

  * record.c (recprin1): Don't print field values unless
  SCM_SHOW_RECORD_FIELDS; allows suffix-trees to print.

  * sys.c (scm_portp): Added SLIB prerequisite.

  * continue.h (STACK_GROWS_UP): if __hppa__.
  * scm.texi (Automatic C Preprocessor Definitions): Added __hppa__

  * Link.scm (link:link): Added calls to load:pre and load:post.

  * Init5e5.scm (load:pre, load:post): Take operation argument for
  use with both loading and linking.

  * mkimpcat.scm (add-links): Added "hobbit.so".
  (add-source): Look for file with scheme-suffix.

  * inc2scm, xgen.scm: Changed first line to invoke ./scmlit.

  * scm.nsi: Added "Tscript.scm".

  * Makefile (xevent.h xevent.scm xatoms.scm):
  (x11.scm, keysymdef.scm): Don't source include files from DESTDIR.
  (lsdfiles): Removed duplicate "Iedline.scm".
  (texifiles): Moved definition before use.
  (all): Don't make db.so.
  (lsdfiles): Removed WB files.
  (afiles): Removed $(wbfiles).

  * build.scm (build:command): Comment interfered with make-build-cgi.
  (compile-dll-c-files, compile-c-files): Added missing
  '(include-spec "-I" parms)'.
  (compile-dll-c-files, make-dll-archive): MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3

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SCM source is available from:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e6.zip
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e6-1.src.rpm
Also available as i386 binary RPM:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e6-1.i386.rpm
Also available as i386 MS-Windows installer:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b2-1.exe

SLIB is a portable Scheme library which SCM uses:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b2.zip
Also available as RPM:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b2-1.noarch.rpm
Also available as MS-Windows installer:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b2-1.exe

JACAL is a symbolic math system written in Scheme:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/jacal-1c1.zip
Also available as RPM:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/jacal-1c1-1.noarch.rpm
Also available as MS-Windows installer:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/jacal-1c1-1.exe

WB is a disk based, sorted associative array (B-tree) library for SCM.
Using WB, large databases can be created and managed from SCM.
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a3.zip
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a3-1.src.rpm
Also available as i386 binary RPM:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a3-1.i386.rpm

FreeSnell is a program to compute optical properties of multilayer
thin-film coatings:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1b8.zip
Also available as MS-Windows installer:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1b8-1.exe

SIMSYNCH is a digital logic simulation system written in SCM.
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/synch-1c4.zip

XSCM is a X windows interface package which works with SCM:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz

TURTLSCM is a turtle graphics package which works with SCM on MS-DOS
or X11 machines:
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz

#! implements "#!" (POSIX) shell-scripts for MS-DOS batch files.
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/sharpbang.zip
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/#!.zip

SLIB-PSD is a portable debugger for Scheme (requires emacs editor):
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz

SMG-SCM is an SMG interface package which works with SCM on VMS.
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip

MacSCM is a Macintosh applications building package which works with
SCM (similar to XSCM).
 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/macscm.tar.Z

Programs for printing and viewing TexInfo documentation (which SCM
has) come with GNU Emacs or can be obtained via ftp from:
 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo