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authorKeith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>2017-11-17 23:23:50 -0800
committerKeith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>2017-11-17 23:26:59 -0800
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altos/lisp: Finish first pass through r7rs
* print -> write, patom -> display * Add read-char, write-char * Add exit, current-jiffy, current-second, jiffies-per-second * Add for-each and string-for-each * Avoid duplicate builtins with different atoms Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
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+This follows the R7RS with the following known exceptions:
+
+* No vectors or bytevectors
+* Characters are just numbers
+* No dynamic-wind or exceptions
+* No environments
+* No ports
+* No syntax-rules; we have macros instead
+* define inside of lambda does not add name to lambda scope
+* No record types
+* No libraries