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From: sw@smds.UUCP (Stephen E. Witham)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: scheme [Re: What does an anti-perl look like]
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Date: 27 Jun 91 13:37:01 GMT
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In article <ROCKWELL.91Jun26084802@socrates.umd.edu>, rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) writes:
 
> I don't think that syntax is the big issue for people who don't like
> lisp or scheme.  

For people who want a Scheme-like language, but don't like Scheme, like
me, the main reason is probably the syntax.

> The big issues are more along the line of lack of decent reference works...

Last Scheme manual (PC Scheme from TI) seemed pretty complete to me.

--Steve