<s>
Extension	B-Language
Language	I-Language
Kit	I-Language
(	O
ELK	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
Scheme	B-Language
implementation	O
which	O
is	O
embeddable	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
programs	I-Language
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
Scheme	B-Language
interpreter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elk	B-Language
was	O
written	O
by	O
Oliver	O
Laumann	O
and	O
Carsten	O
Bormann	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
Extension	O
Language	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
large	O
C++	B-Language
-based	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ODA	O
document	O
editor	O
ISOTEXT	O
and	O
the	O
videoconferencing	O
system	O
TELES.VISION	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Lisp	O
interpreter	O
in	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
has	O
in	O
turn	O
helped	O
inspire	O
developers	O
of	O
other	O
dynamic	O
language	O
interpreters	O
such	O
as	O
Matz	O
 '	O
Ruby	B-Language
Interpreter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
Sam	O
Hocevar	O
became	O
the	O
current	O
maintainer	O
of	O
the	O
Elk	B-Language
scheme	B-Language
project	O
,	O
merging	O
contributed	O
patches	O
and	O
fixing	O
known	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
