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Re: Scheme is too complicated

On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Klaus Schilling wrote:

> Jay Glascoe writes:
>  > 
>  > face it guys, Scheme is programmer's programming language; newbies beware.
> 
> Scheme was much easier to learn for mathematical-theoretical guys like myself 
> than C or the other average languages with inconsistent syntax.
> 

hey!  I'm a math guy (can't really call myself a mathemetician since I
gave up after 4 years of grad. school -- best thing I ever did  ;)
I still say Scheme is one slippery language for inexperienced programmers.

btw, how 'bout this:  _Scheme_for_Dummies_

>      Klaus Schilling
>