tool: Elk (Extension Language Kit)
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Language:
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Scheme
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Version:
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3.0
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Parts:
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interpreter, dynamically-loadable libraries, run-time,
documentation, examples.
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Author:
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Oliver Laumann <net@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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Location:
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Description:
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Elk is a Scheme implementation designed as an embeddable,
reusable extension language subsystem for applications
written in C or C++. Elk is also useful as a stand-alone
Scheme implementation, in particular as a platform for rapid
prototyping of X11-based Scheme programs.
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Conformance:
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R^4RS
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Reference:
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Oliver Laumann and Carsten Bormann, Elk: The Extension
Language Kit, USENIX Computing Systems, vol 7, no 4, 1994.
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Features:
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- Full incremental, dynamic loading on many platforms
- Freezing of interpreter/application into executable file
- C/C++ programmer's interface for language interoperability
- Scheme bindings for X11 Xlib, Xt, Athena and Motif widgets
- UNIX interface (not restricted to POSIX)
- debugger, bitstrings, records, regular expressions
- stop-and-copy and generational incremental garbage collector
- 230+ pages of documentation (troff and PostScript)
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Ports:
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numerous UNIX platforms (see MACHINES in the distribution).
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Status:
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Elk was first published in 1989.
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Announcements:
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comp.lang.scheme
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Updated:
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1995/08
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language: Scheme
category: dynamic foreign functions
summary, or
expanded.
category: educational
summary, or
expanded.
category: embeddable
summary, or
expanded.
category: glue
summary, or
expanded.
category: graphic user interface support
summary, or
expanded.
category: lisp family
summary, or
expanded.
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