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{{Infobox programming language
| name = Gambit
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| paradigms = Multi-paradigm: [[Functional programming|functional]], [[Imperative programming|imperative]], [[Metaprogramming|meta]]
| family = [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]]
| designer = Marc Feeley
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| released = {{Start date and age|1988}}<!-- If known, add: |MM|DD|df=yes -->
| latest release version = 4.9.3
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2019|02|05|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/gambit/gambit/releases |title=Releases – gambit/gambit |author=<!--Unstated--> |date=2019-02-05 |website=[[GitHub]] |access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref>
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| typing = Dynamic, [[Latent typing|latent]], strong
| scope = [[Scope (computer science)#Lexical scoping and dynamic scoping|Lexical]]
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| platform = [[IA-32]], [[X86-64|x86-64]]
| operating system = Cross-platform
| license = [[Software:GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] 2.1, [[Software:Apache License|Apache]] 2.0
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| influenced by = [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]], [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]
| influenced = Gerbil Scheme, Termite Scheme
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'''Gambit''', also called '''Gambit-C''', is a [[Programming language|programming language]], a variant of the language family [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]], and its variants named [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]. The Gambit [[Implementation|implementation]] consists of a Scheme [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreter]], and a [[Compiler|compiler]] which compiles Scheme into the language [[C (programming language)|C]], which makes it [[Cross-platform software|cross-platform software]]. It conforms to the standards R<sup>4</sup>RS, R<sup>5</sup>RS, and [[Organization:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE), and to several [[Scheme Requests for Implementation]]s (SRFIs).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dynamo.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/wiki/index.php/Documentation |title=Documentation |work=Gambit wiki |access-date=2010-03-06}}</ref> Gambit was released first in 1988, and Gambit-C (Gambit with a C backend) was released first in 1994. They are [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source software]] released under a [[Software:GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL) 2.1, and [[Software:Apache License|Apache License]] 2.0.
	
By compiling to an [[Intermediate representation|intermediate representation]], in this case portable C (as do [[Chicken (Scheme implementation)|Chicken]] and [[Bigloo]]), programs written in Gambit can be compiled for common popular [[Operating system|operating system]]s such as [[Software:Linux|Linux]], [[Software:MacOS|macOS]], other [[Unix-like]] systems, and [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]].

== Gerbil Scheme ==
Gerbil scheme is a variant of Scheme implemented on Gambit-C. It supports current R*RS standards and common SRFIs and has a state of the art [[Macro (computer science)|macro]] and [[Modular programming|module]] system inspired by [[Racket (programming language)|Racket]] language.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Dimitris Vyzovitis |date=2017-12-11 |title=Lightning Talk: Gerbil on Gambit, as they say Racket on Chez |trans-title= |medium= |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rzbs_8gNc |access-date=2019-03-08 |format= |time= |location=Oxford, England |publisher=YouTube |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |ref= }}</ref>

==Termite Scheme==
Termite Scheme is a variant of Scheme implemented on Gambit-C. Termite is intended for distributed computing,<ref>{{cite conference |title=Concurrency oriented programming in Termite Scheme |last=Germain |first=Guillaume |last2=Monnier |first2=Stefan |last3=Feeley |first3=Marc |url=http://www.schemeworkshop.org/2006/09-germain.pdf |format=PDF |date=2006-09-17 |booktitle=Scheme and Functional Programming 2006 |conference=Scheme and Functional Programming 2006 |conference-url=http://www.schemeworkshop.org/2006/ |location=Portland, Oregon |access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref> it offers a simple and powerful [[Message passing|message passing]] model of [[Concurrency (computer science)|concurrency]], inspired by that of [[Erlang (programming language)|Erlang]].

==C++ and Objective-C integration==
While the Gambit compiler produces C code only, it has full integration support for [[C++]] and [[Objective-C]] compilers such as [[Software:GNU Compiler Collection|GNU Compiler Collection]] (GCC). Thus, software written in Gambit-C can contain C++ or Objective-C code, and can fully integrate with corresponding libraries.

==See also==
* [[Chicken (Scheme implementation)]]
* [[Stalin (Scheme implementation)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{GitHub|Gambit}}
* [http://code.google.com/p/termite/ Termite home page on Google Code]
* [https://cons.io Gerbil Scheme homepage]

{{Lisp programming language}}

[[Category:Scheme (programming language) compilers]]
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