Re: Recommended Scheme Reference for SISC Users?

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Randall R Schulz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  What is (or are) the recommended Scheme reference(s) for SISC users?
>
>  At the moment, I'm most interested in macros and templated
>  transformations, but I'd also like a broad, general treatment.

I highly recommend "The Scheme Programming Language", by Kent Dybvig
(who is the author of Chez Scheme, I believe).

You can find it only at:

http://www.scheme.com/tspl3/

I keep the index page in a handy bookmark, but get a copy of the book,
it is well worth it.

For macros, try "JRM's Syntax-rules Primer for the Merely Eccentric" at

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hipster/lib/scheme/gauche/define-syntax-primer.txt

it is fun stuff.

Saludos,

Victor Rodriguez.

>  (I notice that in section 3.3.4 of "SISC for Seasoned Schemers" the
>  reader is referred to the Chez Scheme User's Guide and a URL is
>  supplied, but that URL no longer works. I note, too, that SSS directs
>  the reader to section 9.2, but in the version of CSUG currently on the
>  Web, version 7, it is section 10.4 that describes syntax-case.)
>
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  Randall Schulz
>
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