Re: Documentation for Scheme scripting

Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-10T15:25:48Z

> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:29:10 -0700
> From: Doug Evans <dje@sceeck.org>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, eliz@gnu.org
>
> > Though I would like to say now that this isn't really Scheme we're
> > talking about, but Guile. There are differences. I think it would be
> > best to be explicit about that in the docs.
>
> How far do you think Guile vs Scheme should be pushed?

I don't speak for Tom, but my opinion is that you can use both
interchangeably. Guile is an implementation of Scheme (AFAIK); its
sources are replete with references to Scheme, and many of its
variables/symbols use "scheme" or some shorthand thereof.

More specifically, I would use "Scheme" when talking about variables,
functions, etc., and "guile" when talking about the package and the
library. Other use cases are gray area.

> Should the command to invoke a Scheme command be named "guile" instead
> of "scheme"?

Yes, I think we should use "guile" in this particular use case.