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Subject: Re: Scheme for Python programmers?
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:56:33 -0800 (PST)
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On Jan 28, 1:26 pm, miller.pau...@gmail.com wrote:
> I've decided to taste the Scheme Kool-Aid. :-)  Since Python is the
> language I currently know and like the best, I was wondering if there
> was any good tutorial out there specifically for Python programmers.
> (I've googled the usual suspects and found a few generic Scheme
> tutorials but nothing really of the sort I'm looking for.)
>
> Thanks

I wrote one, but it is in Italian, sorry! Coming from Python, the
most
disturbing thing about Scheme is the abundance of implementations.
Basically,
you have to chose an implentation and stick to it. It is possible that
the R6RS
will improve the situation, but right now portability between
implementations
for non-trivial code is still a dream. An implementation which is
particularly
practical and with many libraries is Chicken Scheme (which also has
eggs,
similar to Python eggs but better, since Chicken got them first ;)

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