On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 5:39:25 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Rustom Mody : > > So yes scheme are python have similar underbellies but the culture of > > use is quite different. > > I don't know if there's enough Scheme activity out there to call it a > culture. > > As far as underbellies go, Scheme macros and operators are not > first-class. The Kernel programming language (<URL: http://klisp.org/>) > addresses this flaw. > > > Note: You CAN use python scheme-ishly but few people do that. > > I don't know who or what you are referring to.
I put it in the next line! > Scheme for beginning programmers could be like abstract algebra for > kindergartners. Maybe you are right — Anyhow MIT switching from scheme to python seems to think so. As I said earlier what they (the MIT profs) seem to be saying is that the topical relevance of python — a library for making robots — trumps scheme’s abstract beauty -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
