Scheme
E24474
Scheme is a minimalist, lexically scoped dialect of the Lisp programming language known for its elegant functional programming model and powerful macro system.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chibi Scheme | 1 |
| R5RS | 1 |
| Scheme Language Steering Committee | 1 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lisp dialect
ⓘ
programming language ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Scheme ⓘ |
| category | high-level programming language ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Gerald Jay Sussman
ⓘ
Guy L. Steele Jr. ⓘ |
| evaluationStrategy | applicative order ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.scm
ⓘ
.ss ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn |
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
ⓘ
surface form:
MIT AI Lab
|
| hasFeature |
call-with-current-continuation
ⓘ
continuations ⓘ dynamic typing ⓘ first-class procedures ⓘ garbage collection ⓘ homoiconicity ⓘ hygienic macros ⓘ lexical scoping ⓘ minimal core language ⓘ proper tail recursion ⓘ s-expression syntax ⓘ tail-call optimization requirement ⓘ |
| hasSyntax | prefix notation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lisp programming language
ⓘ
surface form:
Clojure
Common Lisp ⓘ Bob Dylan ⓘ
surface form:
Dylan
JavaScript ⓘ Lua ⓘ Racket ⓘ Rust macro system ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
ALGOL 58
ⓘ
surface form:
ALGOL
ISWIM ⓘ Lisp programming language ⓘ
surface form:
Lisp
|
| macroSystemType | hygienic macro system ⓘ |
| notableImplementation |
Bigloo
ⓘ
Chez Scheme ⓘ Scheme self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Chibi Scheme
Chicken Scheme ⓘ Gambit Scheme ⓘ GNU Guile ⓘ
surface form:
Guile Scheme
Kawa ⓘ MIT Scheme ⓘ Racket ⓘ Scheme48 ⓘ TinyScheme ⓘ |
| notableTextbook | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs ⓘ |
| paradigm |
functional programming
ⓘ
imperative programming ⓘ meta-programming ⓘ |
| scopeType | lexical scope ⓘ |
| standardBody |
Scheme
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Scheme Language Steering Committee
|
| standardizedBy | Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme ⓘ |
| standardVersion |
Scheme
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
R5RS
Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme ⓘ
surface form:
R6RS
Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme ⓘ
surface form:
R7RS-small
|
| supports |
closures
ⓘ
first-class continuations ⓘ higher-order functions ⓘ macro system ⓘ recursion ⓘ tail-recursive style ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline | dynamic typing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
computer science education
ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ language research ⓘ scripting ⓘ |
| yearIntroduced | 1975 ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lisp
this entity surface form:
Chibi Scheme
this entity surface form:
Scheme Language Steering Committee
this entity surface form:
R5RS