Chez Scheme is now free

Re:Chez Scheme is now free by bitmadness on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @07:11PM (#11576526)

Someone explain to me: Chez vs Gambit vs Chicken vs Bigloo. Which do I pick? Especially interested in parallel/multithreading abilities, standards compliance, and overall performance.

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Re:Chez Scheme is now free by tbirdz on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:15PM (#11577140)

This page has a useful comparison between various scheme implementations. It's written by one of the authors of Guile Scheme: https://wingolog.org/archives/2013/01/07/an-opinionated-guid...

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Re:Chez Scheme is now free by jopython on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @07:17PM (#11576555)

Out of the four you mentioned, only Chez has true posix threads.

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Re:Chez Scheme is now free by justinethier on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:13AM (#11580579)

Bigloo has support for posix threads. The only one on the list that absolutely does not have them is Chicken.

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