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kawa-3.1.1p2

Scheme and language framework for the Java platform

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Description

Kawa is a programming language for the Java platform. It is an implementation of Scheme (R7RS), which, is in the Lisp family of programming languages. Kawa has many useful features, including convenient integration with Java. It can be used as a "scripting language", but includes a compiler and all the benefits of a "real" programming language, including optional static typing, so Kawa programs can be as efficient as Java. Kawa is also a useful framework for implementing other programming languages on the Java platform. It has many useful utility classes.

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Ports path
lang/kawa
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
lang, java
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
i386, amd64, aarch64, sparc64

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