libscheme: Scheme as a C Library
Brent W. Benson Jr.
Harris Computer Systems
Brent.Benson@mail.csd.harris.com
Abstract
Because of its small size and simplicity, Scheme is often seen as an
ideal extension or scripting language. While there are many Scheme
implementations available, their interfaces are often complex and can
get in the way of using the implementation as part of a larger
software product. The libscheme library makes the Scheme language
available as a C library. Its interface is through a single C header
file and it is easily extended with new primitive procedures, new
primitive types, and new syntax. It is portable to any system that
has an ANSI C compiler and to which Hans Boehm's popular conservative
garbage collector [1] has been ported. It has been used to build a
variety of special purpose data manipulation tools, and as an
extension language for an ethernet monitor.
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