Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!THINK.COM!gls From: gls@THINK.COM (Guy Steele) Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme Subject: what makes programming? Message-ID: <9008202136.AA02170@mozart.think.com> Date: 20 Aug 90 21:36:43 GMT References: <9008201428.AA01042@samsung.com> Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 Date: Sat, 18 Aug 90 21:06:13 EDT From: gjc@mitech.com ... Perhap it could be CALL/CC that really differentiates Scheme from just about every other programming language that exists. Indeed, although it reminds me of the definition of a human being as a "featherless biped": succinct but not necessarily to the point. --Guy