Chicken Scheme 6.0 Released

Global Tech Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:05:51 GMT Moderate confidence — 64/100

6.0.0 - Core libraries - All modules specified by the R7RS small language are now available in the core system.
- The internal string representation has been converted to UTF-8, making strings fully UNICODE capable.
- The (chicken blob) module has been replaced with (chicken bytevector), containing R7RS compatible bytevector operations.

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6.0.0 - Core libraries - All modules specified by the R7RS small language are now available in the core system.
- The internal string representation has been converted to UTF-8, making strings fully UNICODE capable.
- The (chicken blob) module has been replaced with (chicken bytevector), containing R7RS compatible bytevector operations.

Sources: Call-cc