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Reading and Evaluating Scheme Code
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This chapter describes Guile functions that are concerned with reading,
loading and evaluating Scheme code at run time.

Scheme Syntax

Standard and extended Scheme syntax.

Scheme Read

Reading Scheme code.

Fly Evaluation

Procedures for on the fly evaluation.

Loading

Loading Scheme code from file.

Delayed Evaluation

Postponing evaluation until it is needed.

Local Evaluation

Evaluation in a local environment.

Evaluator Options