Re: [PATCH] Add microscheme.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> From 1900f3015162cc777ee79883a0cae2a21216d99c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden>
>>> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 22:37:40 +0100
>>> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add microscheme.
>>>
>>> * gnu/packages/avr.scm (microscheme): New variable.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +    (home-page "http://microscheme.org/";)
>>> +    (synopsis "Scheme subset for Atmel microcontrollers")
>>
>> “Small Scheme implementation targeting microcontrollers”?  (“Scheme
>> subset” is vague; “Scheme” alone is already quite vague.  ;-))
>>
>> I would tend to put it in scheme.scm.  Also, it apparently builds on all
>> the CPUs that we use, so I’m not sure if it’s worth mentioning Atmel
>> here?
>
> I placed it in ‘scheme.scm’ before, but then noticed that we have an
> AVR-specific module and moved it there.  It’s not a general purpose
> implementation of Scheme.
>
> Microscheme invokes avr-gcc and needs avrdude to upload the binary to
> the target.  While it can be used on any of the CPUs for which we offer
> support, its purpose is to generate binary code for a subset of the
> Atmel AVRs: Atmega168/328, Atmega2560, Atmega32u4.
>
> You can run programmes written in microscheme on something that’s not a
> microcontroller by loading up ‘emulator.scm’ first, but that’s just
> intended as a development tool.

Ah OK, then indeed, avr.scm is a good choice.

> I don’t mind changing the synopsis, though, as the description is pretty
> clear on what targets are supported.

OK!

Thanks,
Ludo’.