Is it possible to write console applications in scheme?

Question

Does anyone know of any semi-portable way to write console applications (e.g. basic animation) in scheme? I heard of an ncurses wrapper but I couldn't find anything.

Answer 1

You can't do any GUI in a portable way in Scheme -- because you only get very basic file IO.

Answer 2

Depends on your scheme of choice. Chicken Scheme, for instance, has good ties with C and has various Curses libraries. See their code examples:

• ncurses
• mojo, curses for the lazy :)