A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by guenchi » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC

A pure scheme web programming tool
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Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by guenchi » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC

1 Self hosting in browser with hygienic macros 2 handle HTML and CSS like Scheme (Expand with macro) 3 Use S-expr to send / receive message with server

Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by compacct27 » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC

This really gets at the issue with JavaScript in the age of AI: it’s just not a terribly statically verifiable language, and DOM work is incredibly prone to failing silently while the app itself is clearly not working. We’ve had to paper over it with TypeScript and frameworks that impose constraints just to stop several classes of bugs, and even then it doesn’t go terribly well.

The flip side is that AI is making the underlying code more like a..compilation target? At least in the sense that, yes, as this site mentions, Scheme is ugly to read and would be hell to write the old way, but with the new way..maybe we can try because it would give us what native JavaScript and the latest browser standards never could: reliability

Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by bramadityaw » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC

I tried to edit the Scheme source but it seems to have a bug where every editing action seems to happen a row above of where the cursor is.

Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by golem14 » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC

bramadityaw wrote: post #4

I tried to edit the Scheme source but it seems to have a bug where every editing action seems to happen a row above of where the cursor is.

same. Chrome on MacOs. But the code can actually compile and run, once you adjust for the cursor positions.

Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC

bramadityaw wrote: post #4

I tried to edit the Scheme source but it seems to have a bug where every editing action seems to happen a row above of where the cursor is.

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Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by trescenzi » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC

Hoot[1] already exists and does a very good job of running scheme in web assembly. Everything Spritely is working on is pretty cool.

1: https://spritely.institute/hoot/

Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by guenchi » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

golem14 wrote: post #5

bramadityaw wrote: post #4

I tried to edit the Scheme source but it seems to have a bug where every editing action seems to happen a row above of where the cursor is.

same. Chrome on MacOs. But the code can actually compile and run, once you adjust for the cursor positions.

please retry :)

Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by guenchi » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

bramadityaw wrote: post #4

I tried to edit the Scheme source but it seems to have a bug where every editing action seems to happen a row above of where the cursor is.

please retry :)

Re: A pure scheme web programming tool

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Post by guenchi » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC

trescenzi wrote: post #7

Hoot[1] already exists and does a very good job of running scheme in web assembly. Everything Spritely is working on is pretty cool. 1: https://spritely.institute/hoot/

thx good to know