Scheme Working Group 1

Scheme Working Group 1 has completed its work. The R7RS (small) language specification (PDF) was approved in May 2013 and endorsed by the Scheme Language Steering Committee later that year. An unofficial list of R7RS errata is being collected.

Charter

Chair: Alex Shinn

Members (as of 4 March 2010):

• John Cowan
• Patrick Durusau
• Steve Ganz
• Arthur A. Gleckler
• Chris Hanson
• Brian Harvey
• Aaron W. Hsu
• Bradley Lucier
• Joseph Marshall
• Jakob Praher
• Alexey Radul
• Jeffrey Read
• David Rush
• Benjamin L. Russell
• Alaric Snell-Pym
• Gerald Jay Sussman

Former members (with dates of service)

Discussion list: https://groups.google.com/group/scheme-reports-wg1

Wiki and issue tracker: https://small.r7rs.org/

Progress Reports and Drafts

• Progress report (PDF) as of 6 September 2010
• First draft of R7RS (small) (PDF)
• Second draft (PDF)
• Third draft (PDF)
• Fourth draft (PDF)
• Fifth draft (PDF)
  • The fifth draft as an ebook (unofficial) (PDF)
  • Differences (PDF) between this draft and the R5RS (unofficial)
• Sixth draft (PDF)
• Seventh draft (PDF)
• Eighth draft (PDF)
• Ninth draft (PDF)
• Differences between eighth and ninth drafts

Final Version

Endorsed unanimously by the Scheme Language Steering Committee:

• R7RS (small) language specification
• R7RS errata

Overview of R7RS-small Scheme (PDF)

Public Review

Public discussion forum: scheme-reports (at) scheme-reports.org

Public review process
Call for public comment
Call for public vote on the ninth draft of the R7RS ("small" language)
Extension of voting period through 20 May 2013
Approval of the ninth draft
Final version of the R7RS
Errata