Scheme tutorial

[thi <ttn@mingle.glug.org>]

Ian Bicking writes:

 > Opinions on how much I should emphasize scripting an application
 > vs. writing a more generic piece of Scheme code?  Is there any
 > application that might be considered a reference work for scripting?

unabashed self-plug: i volunteer thud, mainly because it needs bugs
shaken out, but more importantly, its API needs to be more extensible
(and finalized for 1.0).  i envision your tutorial could take as a
case-study a simple 8-bit uproc to implement...

 > I.e., would there be a Guile-scriptable application that could be
 > considered a prerequisite for working through the tutorial, or is
 > that too much to ask from the reader?  Installing any particular
 > application can be a pain, and I'd like to make the tutorial as low-
 > commitment as possible.  OTOH, I'd like to have a tutorial where
 > people can do some neat things early on, and scripting an application
 > is a good way to do this.

what you're looking for is a high-level toolkit rather than an
application.  (either that, or an application that is sufficiently
modular so that its toolkit is exposed.)  the way i see it, an
application proper would not really require further scripting.

thi