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NAME

6       gsi - Gambit-C Scheme Interpreter and Compiler
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SYNOPSIS

9       gsi [ -:arg,... ] [ -f ] [ -v ] [[-] [ -e ] [ file ]]...
10       gsc [options] [files]
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12       gsc-script,  gsi-script,  scheme-ieee-1178-1990,  scheme-r4rs,  scheme-
13       srfi-0, six, and six-script: currently synonyms for gsi.
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15       scheme-r5rs is registered in the Debian alternatives system and can  be
16       configured to point at gsi.
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DESCRIPTION

20       This manual page briefly documents the gsi and gsc commands.
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22       The  Gambit-C programming system is a full implementation of the Scheme
23       language which conforms to the R4RS, R5RS, and IEEE  Scheme  standards.
24       It  consists  of two main programs: gsi, the Gambit Scheme interpreter,
25       and gsc, the Gambit  Scheme  compiler.   The  interpreter  provides  an
26       interactive environment with a debugger, while the compiler can produce
27       stand-alone executables or modules which can be linked or loaded at run
28       time.   Interpreted code and compiled code can be freely mixed.  C mod‐
29       ules can be linked with Scheme modules.
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31       The interpreter is executed in interactive mode when no file or `-'  or
32       `-e'  option  is  given on the command line.  When at least one file or
33       `-' or `-e' option is present the  interpreter  is  executed  in  batch
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36       Entering ,q or (exit) at the interpreter's command prompt will exit the
37       interpreter.
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39       Entering ,? at the interpreter's command prompt will display a list  of
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42       In  batch  mode  the  command line arguments denote files to be loaded,
43       REPL interactions to start (`-' option), and expressions to  be  evalu‐
44       ated  (`-e'  option).  Note that the `-' and `-e' options can be inter‐
45       spersed with the files on the  command  line  and  can  occur  multiple
46       times.   The interpreter processes the command line arguments from left
47       to right, loading  files  with  the  `load'  procedure  and  evaluating
48       expressions  with  the `eval' procedure in the global interaction envi‐
49       ronment.  After this processing the interpreter exits.
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51       gsc-cc-o.bat is a script called by gsc to generate object files  during
52       compilation.   It  takes its data from environment variables and is not
53       intended for user interaction.
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OPTIONS

57       A summary of options is included below.  For  a  complete  description,
58       see the Info files.
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60       -      Initiate a REPL at this point. (Continue by issuing a ,c command
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63       -:     Comma separated list of run-time options
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65       -e     Evaluate an expression.
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67       -f     Skip initialization file.
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SEE ALSO

72       The documentation for these programs is arguably too extensive to cover
73       with  man  pages.  Only the common command line options are given here.
74       The programs are documented fully in Gambit-C, available on-line at the
75       Gambit-C Homepage.  Once package gambc-doc is installed, this 200+ page
76       document is available via the Info system (info gambit-c), in html  via
77       doc-base, or as files in /usr/share/doc/gambc (html, pdf, txt).
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80       The Debian package r5rs-doc provides the Revised(5) Report on the Algo‐
81       rithmic Language Scheme in  several  formats.   That  document  is  the
82       defining description of the programming language Scheme.
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84       dhelp(1), gcc(1), update-alternatives(8)
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87       Gambit-C  is  Copyright  (c)  1994-2009  by  Marc  Feeley,  all  rights
88       reserved.
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90       Gambit-C is released under a dual LGPL and Apache 2 license.
91       For further information refer to /usr/share/doc/gambc/copyright.
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93       This manual page is
94       Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Marc Feeley and Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net>
95       Released under the same license as Gambit-C.
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AUTHOR

99       Gambit-C was written by Marc Feeley <gambit@iro.umontreal.ca>.
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101       Homepage: http://gambit.iro.umontreal.ca
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