WHICH SCHEME?

Hy guys.

Im about to embark on reading SICP.

Which scheme implementation should I use.

Ubuntu's MIT scheme package fails for me, so what about guile, gambit, ikarus, scheme48,

I was in your shoes not too long ago. You have a couple choices:

1. DrScheme - Good, I didn't enjoy the editor though, I preferred to just use the MzScheme interpreter in Emacs. Has a lot of libraries and they are easy to install (just import them and the first time they will be downloaded).

2. MIT Scheme - Terrible.

3. Guile - Terrible.

4. Gambit - Fast, but terrible.

5. Ikarus - R6RS, Terrible and fast.

6. Scheme48 - Alright module system, but terrible library support and I recall having problems with memory usage.