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NordStreamYachttoday at 2:20 AM3 repliesview on HN

I don't understand.

Why not just use Scheme directly, what's the benefit of porting to Hoot?


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Jtsummerstoday at 2:45 AM

> Why not just use Scheme directly, what's the benefit of porting to Hoot?

Scheme is not a thing you use directly, you have to select an implementation. Hoot is one such implementation (targeting execution on WASM).

ryukafalztoday at 2:41 AM

Presumably to run in the browser? Guile Scheme is great for native programs but you need Hoot to run it in a browser.

wallstoptoday at 2:41 AM

I think the second sentence of the article covers that pretty simply? To run it in the browser with wasm?

> One of the most exciting things I've been doing with this is getting my Scheme to compile to the Web thanks to Hoot.

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