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Scheme (programming language)

Scheme is a dialect of the Lisp family of programming languages. Scheme was created during the 1970s at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) and released by its developers, Guy L. Steele and Gerald Jay Sussman, via a series of memos now known as the Lambda Papers. It was the first dialect of Lisp to choose lexical…

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Designed by
Guy L. Steele Gerald Jay Sussman
Family
Lisp
Filename extensions
.scm, .ss
First appeared
1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Paradigms
Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative, meta
Scope
Lexical

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Scheme (programming language)

Nodes137
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Triples40
Avg. degree1.99
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Scheme (programming language)

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related to External links · 8
Scheme (programming language) → Hours, Interactive Scheme REPL, Programming, Scheme, SchemeWrite Yourself, Wikibooks Media, WikibooksIntroduction, Wikimedia CommonsScheme WeeklyBookmarklet
Designed by · 1
Scheme (programming language) → Guy L. Steele Gerald Jay Sussman
Family · 1
Scheme (programming language) → Lisp
Filename extensions · 1
Scheme (programming language) → .scm, .ss
First appeared · 1
Scheme (programming language) → 1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Paradigms · 1
Scheme (programming language) → Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative, meta
Scope · 1
Scheme (programming language) → Lexical
Stable release · 1
Scheme (programming language) → R7RS / 2013; 13 years ago (2013)
Typing discipline · 1
Scheme (programming language) → Dynamic, latent, strong
Website · 1
Scheme (programming language) → www.scheme.org

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scheme standard language r5rs lisp procedures r6rs implementations procedure used programming lambda also sec implementation lexical languages system example support

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Scheme (programming language)Designed byGuy L. Steele Gerald Jay Sussman1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)FamilyLisp1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)Filename extensions.scm, .ss1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)First appeared1975; 51 years ago (1975)1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)ParadigmsMulti-paradigm: functional, imperative, meta1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)ScopeLexical1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)Stable releaseR7RS / 2013; 13 years ago (2013)1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)Typing disciplineDynamic, latent, strong1.00infobox
Scheme (programming language)Websitewww.scheme.org1.00infobox
recursive algorithmsinstance ofgiving stronger support for functional programming and associated techniques0.80text
Planner or Conniverinstance ofin the tradition of other Lisp-derived languages0.80text
consinstance ofScheme inherits a rich set of list-processing primitives0.80text

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