Re: Guile Hoot v0.3.0 released!

[Daniel Skinner]

congratulations on the release!

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 10:39 AM Thompson, David <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
wrote:

> Hey Guilers!
>
> On behalf of the Spritely Institute, I'm happy to announce that Guile
> Hoot v0.3.0 has been released! Hoot is a Scheme to WebAssembly
> compiler backend for Guile, which means you can now run Scheme in the
> browser for real, tail calls and all.
>
> The highlights of this release are:
>
> * Partially implemented module system. Standard R7RS modules are now
> available for import along with some Hoot specific ones. User-defined
> modules not yet supported.
>
> * More R7RS-small support.
>
> * Toolchain can now emit debug names in Wasm binaries.
>
> * New R6RS-inspired hashtable interface. Both regular and weak key
> flavors. Limited to 'eq' tables only, for now.
>
> * (hoot reflect) now automatically loads reflect.wasm, a convenience
> that fixes the most common new user stumbling block.
>
> Read the full release notes here:
> https://spritely.institute/news/guile-hoot-v030-released.html
>
> If you use Guix then it's easy to try out Hoot:
>
>     guix pull
>     guix shell guile-next guile-hoot
>
> If you're going to be at FOSDEM this weekend, make sure you check out
> the "Scheme in the Browser with Guile Hoot and WebAssembly" talk that
> my colleague Robin Templeton will be presenting in the Declarative and
> Minimalistic Computing devroom.
>
>
> https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2339-scheme-in-the-browser-with-guile-hoot-and-webassembly/
>
> Christine Lemmer-Webber and Jessica Tallon from Spritely will also be
> there, so say hi if you see them! Christine will be presenting
> "Spritely, Guile, Guix: a unified vision for user security" so make
> sure you check that out, too!
>
>
> https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2331-spritely-guile-guix-a-unified-vision-for-user-security/
>
> Happy hooting!
>
> - Dave
>
>