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  • Are you referring to "Chicken Scheme?" Commented Oct 2, 2014 at 17:29
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    Yes.I gave the URL. Commented Oct 2, 2014 at 17:30
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    @Panzercrisis Most JIT compilers require their machine code backends to support things like replacing a function and patching existing code with a jump/trap door. Aside from that, gcc specifically is... architecturally less suited to JIT compilation and other use cases. Check out libgccjit though: gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-10/msg00228.html and gcc.gnu.org/wiki/JIT Commented Oct 4, 2014 at 16:49
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    It is a goto with argument passing... Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 21:54
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    Beautiful answer. I would have added some further links to fundamental papers of Dan Friedman (to different related topics) and to the old library.scheme.org which now lies here: web.archive.org/web/20180721161229/http://… Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 9:09