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** Guile as an extension language library ** Guile as an extension language library
Guile's primary aim is to provide a good extension language which is Guile's primary aim is to provide a good extension language which is
easy to add to an application written in C on a UNIX machine. This easy to add to an application written in C for the GNU system. This
means that it must export the features of a higher level language in a means that it must export the features of a higher level language in a
way that makes it easy not to break them from C code. way that makes it easy not to break them from C code.
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Guile has support for writing modules in C or other compiled Guile has support for writing modules in C or other compiled
languages. languages.
** Guile as a basis for other languages
Scheme is a very powerful language, which makes it possible
to implement other languages by translating them into Scheme.
By writing translators that convert various popular scripting
languages into Scheme, we can enable users to choose their favorite
languages for extending any program that provides extensibility using
Guile.