Scheme Programming Language

This cluster centers on discussions of Scheme programming language implementations like Guile, Chicken, Racket, and MIT Scheme, their suitability for learning SICP, and comparisons to other Lisps.

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davexunit • Mar 9, 2015 • View on HN

You should check out Scheme implementations like Guile and Chicken.

brudgers • Aug 3, 2015 • View on HN

Master, I have heard Scheme is a poor man's Javascript.

rednosehacker • Mar 29, 2022 • View on HN

Any plan for the Scheme programming language ?

pjmlp • Nov 4, 2015 • View on HN

It is a Scheme implementation. At very least many universities do use Scheme.

nikofeyn • Nov 28, 2018 • View on HN

what about mit/gnu scheme?

carapace • Sep 4, 2022 • View on HN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Scheme_(programming_l...

iainctduncan • Nov 26, 2022 • View on HN

Can anyone tell me if it's as helpful for Scheme? Thx!

loosetypes • Nov 8, 2018 • View on HN

Would Chicken Scheme work ootb to code along with SICP?

leephillips • Dec 29, 2021 • View on HN

The suggestion was to use Scheme or CL.

bitwize • Oct 21, 2024 • View on HN

Don't forget Scheme (Gambit, Chez, Racket).