使用 Homebrew 安装 chicken

项目链接

• 主页

命令和别名

• chicken
• chicken-do
• chicken-install
• chicken-profile
• chicken-status
• chicken-uninstall
• feathers

项目历史

The official getting-started manual says CHICKEN combines an optimizing compiler with a reasonably fast interpreter, generates portable C, supports tail recursion, continuations, lightweight threads, and a flexible interface to C libraries.

The same manual records that CHICKEN was developed by Felix L. Winkelmann from 2000 through 2007, and that in early 2008 the community took over responsibility for development and maintenance while Winkelmann remained involved.

采用历史

CHICKEN's adoption is tied to its practical build story: Scheme code becomes C, then a C compiler produces a standalone executable, making it easier to package and deploy than many pure interpreter workflows.

The input package metadata lists Alpine, Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Arch, and openSUSE packages. Homebrew reported 28,712 trailing-365-day installs at research time.

使用方式

The official homepage demonstrates both interpreted use with `csi -s hello-world.scm` and compiled use with `csc hello-world.scm`, then running the resulting executable.

The manual documents `$HOME/.csirc` as an initialization file loaded before the read-eval-print loop unless disabled, which is the relevant user-level config file.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

CHICKEN is package-nerd-significant because it bridges Lisp/Scheme culture and Unix packaging: source goes to C, extensions are distributed as Eggs, and the runtime fits normal compiler/package-manager workflows.

For package maintainers, CHICKEN's split between core compiler/interpreter tools and a large extension ecosystem makes it a classic language-runtime package rather than a single app.

时间线

• 2000: Felix L. Winkelmann began the development period described by the official manual.
• 2008: Community maintenance responsibility began, according to the official manual.
• 2026: Homebrew tracked CHICKEN 5.4.0 from the official call-cc.org release archive.

Related projects

• Eggs are CHICKEN's contributed extension/library ecosystem and are linked directly from the official homepage.
• CHICKEN sits in the Scheme implementation family alongside systems such as Chez Scheme and Chibi-Scheme, but its package identity is especially shaped by C output and the `csc`/`csi` workflow.

来源

• https://www.call-cc.org/
• https://wiki.call-cc.org/manual
• https://wiki.call-cc.org/man/5/Getting%20started
• https://wiki.call-cc.org/man/5/Using%20the%20interpreter
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/chicken.json