<s>
Bigloo	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
Lisp	B-Language
,	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
Scheme	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
oriented	O
toward	O
providing	O
tools	O
for	O
effective	O
and	O
diverse	O
code	O
generation	O
that	O
can	O
match	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
hand-written	O
C	B-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bigloo	B-General_Concept
system	O
contains	O
a	O
Scheme	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
that	O
can	O
generate	O
C	B-Language
code	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
(	O
JVM	B-Language
)	O
or	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
(	O
.NET	B-Application
)	O
bytecode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
Lisp	B-Language
dialects	O
,	O
it	O
contains	O
an	O
interpreter	B-Application
,	O
also	O
termed	O
a	O
read-eval-print	B-Application
loop	I-Application
(	O
REPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
run-time	O
system	O
and	O
libraries	B-Library
are	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
programming	B-Application
tools	I-Application
are	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Bigloo	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
Scheme	B-Language
implementation	O
devoted	O
to	O
one	O
goal	O
:	O
enabling	O
Scheme	B-Language
based	O
programming	O
style	O
where	O
C( ++	O
)	O
is	O
usually	O
required.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hop	B-Application
web	O
application	O
engine	O
and	O
Roadsend	O
PHP	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
Bigloo	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bigloo-lib	O
project	O
contains	O
modules	O
for	O
:	O
</s>
