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From: goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz)
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Subject: Re: Who or What is Scheme?
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Date: 30 Apr 91 02:51:08 GMT
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jbc@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Jeff Caldwell) writes:

>>I came across Scheme recently.  Does someone have a quick summary on
>>where it fits into the Universe?
>
>Scheme is a powerful dialect of Lisp.  I believe it was developed at MIT.

Check one:

_   Scheme is primarily an instructional language, with a very pure and
    simple syntax, and with precious little in the way of resources that
    would make it a viable production language.

_   Scheme is rapidly emerging, in various forms, as a viable alternative
    to its bloated cousins (e.g. CL).  Although it is not used in many
    production systems just yet, it soon will be.


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