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GNU Guile

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GNU Guile

Summary

GNU Guile is a programming language[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU Guile's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • GNU Guile's instance of is recorded as GNU package[4].
  • GNU Guile's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • GNU Guile's maintained by is recorded as Marius Vollmer[6].
  • GNU Guile's maintained by is recorded as Andy Wingo[7].
  • GNU Guile's maintained by is recorded as Ludovic Courtès[8].
  • GNU Guile is associated with the free software movement movement[9].
  • GNU Guile's developer is recorded as GNU Project[10].
  • GNU Guile's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0 or later[11].
  • GNU Guile's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[12].
  • GNU Guile's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • GNU Guile's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[14].
  • GNU Guile's operating system is recorded as BSD[15].
  • GNU Guile's operating system is recorded as macOS[16].
  • GNU Guile's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[17].
  • GNU Guile's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[18].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.9[19].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.12[20].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.13[21].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.3[22].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.14[23].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[24].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.4[25].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.5[26].
  • GNU Guile's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.6[27].

Body

Geography

GNU Guile is part of GNU Project[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[3], GNU package[4], and free software[5].

History and Context

1993 marks the founding of GNU Guile[29].

Cultural Significance

Things named for GNU Guile include it-Ncurses[30], a software library[31].

Why It Matters

GNU Guile has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include it-Ncurses[30], a software library[31].

Related Entities

Andy Wingo Artanis LLM BSD free software geiser-guile gnome-guile GNU GNU Guix System GNU Project Guile-Lib guile-sly Guix-Jupyter Guix Workflow Language Ludovic Courtès macOS Marius Vollmer Microsoft Windows programming language scripting language Unix-like operating system Zrythm

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . a brief history of guile. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . emacswiki.org. Retrieved . emacswiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . savannah.gnu.org. savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . gnu.org. gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Handbook of Programming Languages. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Valepert · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Homebrew formula name → guile, guile@2
    Implementation of → Q187560
    ‎macports port → —
    + 95 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P3442]]: guile-2.0"
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