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diff --git a/development/chicken/README b/development/chicken/README index 96f88e7df5..b9eb276492 100644 --- a/development/chicken/README +++ b/development/chicken/README @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -Chicken is a compiler that translates Scheme source files into C, -which in turn can be fed to a C compiler to generate a standalone -executable. An interpreter is also available and can be used as a -scripting environment or for test programs before compilation. +CHICKEN is a compiler for the Scheme programming language. It produces +portable and efficient C and supports the R5RS and R7RS (work in +progress) standards, and many extensions. It runs on Linux, OS X, +Windows, many Unix flavours, and aims to be free, simple, portable, +extensible, well documented, and actively supported. + Scheme is a member of the Lisp family of languages. |