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From: carroll@udel.edu (Mark Carroll <MC>)
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Subject: Re: what makes scheme?
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In article <9008031618.AA02461@mailhost.samsung.com> gjc@mitech.com writes:
]Maybe it is possible to have an intelligent discussion about this.
]Q: What is Scheme?
]
]What makes something scheme?

Compliance with the specification of the language Scheme - R3RS, or soon R4RS.

]What is "all kinds of things are missing" from siod?
]

Continuations, bignums, all sorts of other things.

]For what purposes would elk or fool's lisp be better (than siod)?
]

Anything which makes use of real first class continuations, etc.

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