Gram-Schmidt algorithm and degenerate bilinear forms

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I am studying Gram-Schmidt algorithm on Euclidean spaces(real spaces with a positive definite bilinear form). And I was wondering if this algorithm was valid also in more general spaces. I think that it is valid for a generic vector space with a non-degenerate bilinear form(because if it was degenerate, the denominators of Fourier coefficients could be 0), but I'm not sure:could you help me? Moreover, are there more general algorithms that work in every possible situation.