Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!uvaarpa!hudson!vivaldi!pmy From: pmy@vivaldi.acc.virginia.edu (Pete Yadlowsky) Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme Subject: why scheme? Message-ID: <883@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> Date: 8 Dec 88 21:34:16 GMT Sender: news@hudson.acc.virginia.edu Reply-To: pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU (Pete Yadlowsky) Distribution: na Organization: University of Virginia, Charlottesville Lines: 16 Hello, I was wondering if anyone would care to put in a nutshell what it is that distinguishes scheme from other lisps, say, common lisp. I understand that it's small and memory-efficient, but aside from that...? Also, is anyone doing any object-oriented stuff with scheme? I currently favor xlisp (for my Amiga), but I'm interested in looking into what scheme has to offer, too. Thanks. Peter M. Yadlowsky Academic Computing Center University of Virginia pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU