Scheme Implementations on MacOSX

Many Scheme implemenatations for various Unix and Unix-like systems run on Mac OS X. That being said, work arounds are often required to get them running. A brief scan of comp.lang.scheme reveals posts stating 'I've got this implementation working after editing the configuration file.' Problem is that for many OS X users Unix development is new ground, and they need more concrete instructions to get started. This page is intended to provide those ceveats that many take for granted, but more importantly, to increase the use of Scheme.

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Implementation	Version	Min. OSX Test	Max. OSX Test	Caveats/Issues	Instruction links	By
Bigloo	2.6a	10.2.8	10.3	Type 'unlimit' before configuring		RDS
Chicken	1.17	10.2.6	10.3	testsuite and examples fail		RDS
Guile	1.6.4	10.2.8	10.2.8	Patch for gc_os_dep.c, type ' --disable-shared' at configure, make check fails	Patch file	RDS
Kawa	1.7.90	10.2.8	10.3			RDS
SCSH	0.6.4	10.3	10.3			RDS
SISC	1.8.5	10.3.1	10.3.1			RDS
UMB Scheme	3.2	10.1.2	10.3		Install relocation	RDS
Older Tests
Bigloo	2.5c	10.2.2	10.2.3	Type 'unlimit' before configuring		RDS
Bigloo	2.4c	10.1.1	10.2.3	Type 'unlimit' before configuring		RDS
Chicken	1.0	10.2.4	10.2.4	Type ' --disable-shared' at configure	To build examples	RDS
Chicken	0.1082	10.2.2	10.2.3	Type ' --disable-shared' at configure	To build examples	RDS
Kawa	1.7	10.2.6	10.2.6		Full instructions	RDS
Kawa	1.6.99	10.0.4	10.2.3	Several issues exist	Full instructions	RDS
SCSH	0.6.2	10.2.2	10.2.3			RDS
SISC	1.6.4	10.1.1	10.3			RDS