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From: pmy@vivaldi.acc.virginia.edu (Pete Yadlowsky)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Subject: why scheme?
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Date: 8 Dec 88 21:34:16 GMT
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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