/jazz

JazzScheme is a development system based on extending the Scheme programming language and the Gambit system. It includes a module system, hygienic macros, object-oriented programming, a full featured cross-platform application framework, a sophisticated programmable IDE and a build system that creates binaries that run on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. JazzScheme has been used for more than 15 years to develop high-quality commercial software.

Primary LanguageC

JazzScheme is a development system based on extending the Scheme
programming language and the Gambit system.


License
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JazzScheme is released under a dual Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 or
GNU General Public License v2 or later. Choose whichever license you prefer.


Platforms
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Windows, Mac OS X / X11, Linux / X11


Distribution
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README                   :  Readme file
INSTALL                  :  Installation instructions
NEWS                     :  Breaking changes and version news

.git                     :  Git repository
.gitignore               :  File patterns ignored by Git
.gitmodules              :  Used by Git to manage submodules

jam                      :  JazzScheme Management System
configure                :  Placeholder for configure
make                     :  Placeholder for make

bin                      :  Default configuration binaries
build                    :  Custom configurations binaries
devel                    :  For developers of JazzScheme
etc                      :  Various resources like fonts
foreign                  :  Foreign libraries like cairo
kernel                   :  Scheme implementation of the Jazz kernel
lib                      :  Pre-installed packages


Building
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Please see INSTALL for details and examples on building JazzScheme.


Launching
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Once you have built Jazz you can run the kernel executable to load and execute
units and modules.


Documentation
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Jazz documentation is available online at www.jazzscheme.org


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Send comments, suggestions, bugs,... to:
gcartier@jazzscheme.org