Hoot 0.9.0 released
Spritely Institute has released Hoot 0.9.0, a significant update to their Scheme-to-WebAssembly compiler. This release focuses on performance improvements, with faster compilation and runtime execution. Notably, it introduces initial support for WebAssembly GC (Garbage Collection), enabling more efficient memory management for Scheme programs. Error messages have been overhauled to be more descriptive and helpful for debugging. The update also includes bug fixes and compatibility enhancements with the latest WebAssembly standards. Hoot is available now on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license. Developers can use it to compile Scheme code to Wasm modules that run in modern browsers and Wasm runtimes, opening up functional programming in web environments.
Enables functional programming in browsers via efficient Scheme-to-Wasm compilation.