[Chicken-users] Scheme-based build system for Chicken

[Ivan Raikov]

Dear all,

     Some time last December, I made a partial port of the Chicken
build system to Scheme, and I got as far as getting Chicken 3 to build
under Linux, Mac OS, and Mingw+msys. The code consists mainly of the
PLT make macro, some FFI definitions to support I/O pipe functionality
under both POSIX and Windows, and the ported make rules. I used the
Chicken compiler to generate one C file which can then be distributed
and used for boostrapping the Chicken build system. Even though the
port is quite rudimentary, I think the result is a much more
manageable build system, not in the least because it eliminates the
ridiculous make scoping rules. 

     Is anybody here interested in helping me continue work on this
and porting it to Chicken 4? The current code is in the SVN
repository, in directory release/3/cmk. Feedback and comments are much
appreciated.

   -Ivan