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Programming Paradigms
Introduction to Functional Programming in Scheme
Scheme

Scheme is a small, yet powerful language in the Lisp family

  • Scheme characteristics:

    • Supports functional programming

      • Imperative programming is supported as well

    • Functions are first class data objects

    • Uses static binding of free names in procedures and functions

    • Types are checked and handled at run time - no static type checking

    • Parameters are evaluated before being passed - no lazyness

Scheme is an attractive alternative to Common Lisp and Emacs Lisp

 

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