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Copyright (C) 1996-1997, 2000-2005, 2009-2023 Free Software Foundation,
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Copyright (C) 2021 Maxime Devos
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Copyright (C) 2024 Tomas Volf
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<title>Programming Overview (Guile Reference Manual)</title>
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<div class="section-level-extent" id="Programming-Overview">
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Next: <a href="Autoconf-Support.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">Autoconf Support</a>, Previous: <a href="Function-Snarfing.html" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Function Snarfing</a>, Up: <a href="Programming-in-C.html" accesskey="u" rel="up">Programming in C</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<h3 class="section" id="An-Overview-of-Guile-Programming"><span>5.7 An Overview of Guile Programming<a class="copiable-link" href="#An-Overview-of-Guile-Programming"> ¶</a></span></h3>
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<p>Guile is designed as an extension language interpreter that is
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straightforward to integrate with applications written in C (and C++).
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The big win here for the application developer is that Guile
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integration, as the Guile web page says, “lowers your project’s
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hacktivation energy.” Lowering the hacktivation energy means that you,
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as the application developer, <em class="emph">and your users</em>, reap the benefits
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that flow from being able to extend the application in a high level
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extension language rather than in plain old C.
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<p>In abstract terms, it’s difficult to explain what this really means and
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what the integration process involves, so instead let’s begin by jumping
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straight into an example of how you might integrate Guile into an
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existing program, and what you could expect to gain by so doing. With
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that example under our belts, we’ll then return to a more general
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analysis of the arguments involved and the range of programming options
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available.
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<li><a href="Extending-Dia.html" accesskey="1">How One Might Extend Dia Using Guile</a></li>
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<li><a href="Scheme-vs-C.html" accesskey="2">Why Scheme is More Hackable Than C</a></li>
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<li><a href="Testbed-Example.html" accesskey="3">Example: Using Guile for an Application Testbed</a></li>
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<li><a href="Programming-Options.html" accesskey="4">A Choice of Programming Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="User-Programming.html" accesskey="5">How About Application Users?</a></li>
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