Re: Recommended Scheme Reference for SISC Users?

On Thursday 27 March 2008 18:49, Victor Rodriguez wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, I came across that on-line. I'll buy the book.


> 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

Thanks. That looks pretty good.


> it is fun stuff.

Scheme sure looks like fun to me. I've got a programmer friend who's 
taking on JavaScript lately and says he likes it. Can you imagine?


> Saludos,
>
> Victor Rodriguez.


Randall Schulz

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