The state of scheme
I check out the "Scheme universe" every couple years or so, and it's a big and varied place now! I was aware of "Guile and Chicken" a decade ago. Since then: * Chez was ope…
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Calculating, Scheming, and Paul Graham
Calculating, Scheming, and Paul Graham I came across [this paper] recently, and it challenged some of the thoughts/assumptions that had been building in my mind for a while (it discusses Scheme vs Mi…
Calculating, Scheming, and Paul Graham
I came across [this paper] recently, and it challenged some of the thoughts/assumptions that had been building in my mind for a while (it discusses Scheme vs Miranda, but you can imagine Lisp vs Haske…
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The “debate” had an interlude, in which Costanza asked Sussman why MIT had switched away from Scheme for their introductory programming course, 6.001. This was a gem. He said that the reason that happ…