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Add to SafariWhen comparing LIPS Scheme vs MIT/GNU, the Slant community recommends MIT/GNU for most people. In the question“What are the best scheme implementations?” MIT/GNU is ranked 10th while LIPS Scheme is ranked 49th.
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Pro Most of the standard libraries are written in Scheme
Basic code is written in JavaScript but most of the standard library is written in Scheme code language.
Pro Scheme Hygienic Macros
Pro Great JavaScript integration
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Con Not made to run as standalone
Cannot be compiled to a standalone executable, only to byte code that can be run from the interpreter; and cannot be conveniently interpreted by the interpreter from the command line.
Con Not very well-documented
The documentation is very sparse.
Con Poor Windows support
Con Ill-designed interpreter's interface
The interpreter does not support the use of the left and right arrows to move the cursor in the code and the use of the up and down arrows to navigate through the history.
