Re: The myth of fingerprints, er, no, garbage collectors
"Tim Bradshaw (as tfb at cley dot com)" <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 08:44:45 +0100
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--Apple-Mail-BA079EFE-99CC-4CF3-BFBE-A01A2649B8E7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi= v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D= "auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Was there a Scheme? The= re was *Lisp, but was there a Scheme as well?</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></di= v><div dir=3D"ltr">--tim</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"= >On 30 Jun 2026, at 18:41, Bradford Miller (as bradford dot w dot miller at g= mail dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></di= v><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-equiv=3D"co= ntent-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBegi= nningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Jun 30, 2026, at 1= :14=E2=80=AFPM, David McClain (as dbm at refined-audiometrics dot com) <l= [email protected]> wrote:</div><div><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: brea= k-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><= br></div><div>I think around the 1990 era, the Scheme Language was invented f= or use on the Connection Machine by Guy Steele? </div><div><br></div></= div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Scheme was invented by Sussman and Ste= ele to experiment with Hewitt Actors in 1975. </div><div><br></div><div= ><div style=3D"display: block;"><div style=3D"-webkit-user-select: all; -web= kit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class=3D"apple-rich-link" dr= aggable=3D"true" role=3D"link" data-url=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch= eme_(programming_language)"><a style=3D"border-radius:10px;font-family:-appl= e-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:non= e;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:rea= d-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class=3D"lp-rich-link" rel=3D"= nofollow" href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language= )" dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"button" draggable=3D"false" width=3D"300"><table styl= e=3D"table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-colo= r:#E6E6E6;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D= "lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" border=3D"= 0" width=3D"300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align=3D"center"><table bgcolor=3D"= #E6E6E6" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" width=3D"300" style=3D"table-la= yout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;backgroun= d-color:rgba(230, 230, 230, 1);-apple-color-filter:initial;" class=3D"lp-ric= h-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class=3D= "lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;margin:= 0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class=3D"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textSta= ck"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overfl= ow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class=3D"lp-rich-link-cap= tionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel=3D"nofollow" href=3D"https://en= .wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language)" style=3D"text-decoration:= none" draggable=3D"false"><font color=3D"#272727" style=3D"color: rgba(0, 0= , 0, 0.847059);">Scheme (programming language)</font></a></div><div style=3D= "word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-ov= erflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class=3D"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack= -bottomCaption-leading"><a rel=3D"nofollow" href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org= /wiki/Scheme_(programming_language)" style=3D"text-decoration: none" draggab= le=3D"false"><font color=3D"#808080" style=3D"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039)= ;">en.wikipedia.org</font></a></div></div></td><td style=3D"padding:6px 12px= 6px 0px;" class=3D"lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width=3D"30"><a r= el=3D"nofollow" href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_la= nguage)" draggable=3D"false"><div><wikipedia.png></div></a></td></tr><= /tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div style=3D= "display: block;"><br></div><div style=3D"display: block;">While there was (= apparently, I=E2=80=99m not familiar myself) a version of Scheme that ran on= the CM, it was not written specifically for the CM nor was the CM invented y= et. 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