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## Scheme Standards
Cyclone targets the [R<sup>7</sup>RS-small specification](https://github.com/justinethier/cyclone/raw/master/docs/r7rs.pdf). This spec is relatively new and provides incremental improvements from the popular [R<sup>5</sup>RS spec](http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/HTML/). Library (C module) support is the most important but there are also exceptions, system interfaces, and a more consistent API.
Cyclone targets the [R<sup>7</sup>RS-small specification](https://github.com/justinethier/cyclone/raw/master/docs/r7rs.pdf). This spec is relatively new and provides incremental improvements from the popular [R<sup>5</sup>RS spec](http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/HTML/). Library support is the most important new feature but there are also exceptions, system interfaces, and a more consistent API.
## Future
- Implement more of r7rs-large, have started on data structures
- implement more libraries (industria??)
- way to support eggs or other libraries? is that even worth the effort?
- benchmark
Some items to consider in the future are:
Andrew Appel used a similar runtime for [Standard ML of New Jersey](http://www.smlnj.org/) which is referenced by Baker's paper. Appel's book [Compiling with Continuations](http://www.amazon.com/Compiling-Continuations-Andrew-W-Appel/dp/052103311X) includes a section on how to implement compiler optimizations - many of which could be applied to Cyclone.
- Implement more of r7rs-large, have started on data structures
- Implement more libraries (TODO: industria for r7rs??)
- Way to support eggs or other existing libraries? Is that possible or even worth the effort?
- Additional optimizations
Andrew Appel used a similar runtime for [Standard ML of New Jersey](http://www.smlnj.org/) which is referenced by Baker's paper. Appel's book [Compiling with Continuations](http://www.amazon.com/Compiling-Continuations-Andrew-W-Appel/dp/052103311X) includes a section on how to implement compiler optimizations - many of which could still be applied to Cyclone.
## Conclusion