'(schemers . org):
an improper list
of Scheme resources
—[DS]
There are several categories of documents listed here:
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Videos
- Articles and Essays
- Introductory and Advanced Texts that use Scheme
- Technical Papers
- Standards
- Mailing Lists
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The comprehensive Scheme FAQ is now a Wiki. Please get involved!
Videos
Hari Prashanth is kindly maintaining an archive of videos related to both education and research.
Articles and Essays
- The Perils of JavaSchools, Joel Spolsky, 2005
- Why Java (and almost every other programming language) sucks, Ed Watkeys, 2005
- Successful Scheme: Programming language still going strong after 25 years, by Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz, Sun World Online, October 2000
- Lisp as an Alternative to Java, Erann Gat
- Symbolic Programming vs. the A.P. Curriculum, Brian Harvey
- A Laboratory Computer Science Course for Liberal Arts Students, John E. Howland, 1996
- Scheme for a Hands-on Abstraction-based Trial Experience of Computer Science, Max Hailperin, 1996
- High School Computing: The Inside Story, Natasha Chen, in The Computing Teacher, May 1992
Paul Graham's essays are a trove of additional material about the Lisp family.
Introductory Texts
These are textbooks dedicated to the introductory programming curriculum and/or beginning Schemers.
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2/e), Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman, MIT Press, 1996
- La programmation: une approche fonctionnelle et récursive avec Scheme, Laurent Arditi and Stéphane Ducasse, Eyrolles, 1996
- Initiation à la programmation avec Scheme, Laurent Bloch, Editions Technip, 2001
- Programmation récursive (en Scheme), Anne Brygoo, Titou Durand, Maryse Pelletier, Christian Queinnec and Michèle Soria, Dunod, 2004
- Programmation récursive -- annales corrigées novembre 2001-septembre 2005, Anne Brygoo, Titou Durand, Maryse Pelletier, Christian Queinnec and Michèle Soria, Paracamplus, 2006
- Programmer avec Scheme: De la pratique à la théorie, Jacques Chazarain, International Thomson Publishing, 1996
- Passeport pour Scheme, Robert Cori and Pierre Casteran, unpublished manuscript
- The Scheme Programming Language (4/e), R. Kent Dybvig, MIT Press, 2003
- How to Design Programs, Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt and Shriram Krishnamurthi, MIT Press, 2001 (available in full on-line, date is for print version)
- The Schemers Guide (2/e), Iain Ferguson with Edward Martin and Burt Kaufman, Schemers Inc., 1995
- The Little Schemer (4/e), Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen, MIT Press, 1995
- The Seasoned Schemer, Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen, MIT Press, 1995
- Exploring Computer Science with Scheme, Oliver Grillmeyer, Springer-Verlag, 1998
- Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme, Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser and Karl Knight, PWS Publishing, 1998
- Sketchy Scheme (4.5th ed), Nils M. Holm, self-published (the 4.0 edition, called Sketchy LISP but using Scheme, is available for free)
- Simply Scheme, Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright, MIT Press
- Programmation Fonctionnelle en Scheme, Jean-Michel Hufflen, Masson, Paris, 1996
- Die Macht der Abstraktion, Herbert Klaeren und Michael Sperber, Teubner, 2007
- Vom Problem zum Programm: Architektur und Bedeutung von Computerprogrammen (3/e), Herbert Klaeren und Michael Sperber, Teubner, 2001
- The Schematics of Computation, Vincent Manis and James Little, Prentice-Hall, 1995
- Recueil de Petits Problèmes en Scheme, Luc Moreau, Christian Queinnec, Daniel Ribbens and Manuel Serrano, Springer, 1999
- Programming and Meta Programming in Scheme (with errata), Jon Pearce, Springer, 1998
- Débuter la programmation avec Scheme, Jean-Christophe Routier and Eric Wegrzynowski, International Thompson Publishing France, 1997
- Premiers cours de programmation avec Scheme, Jean-Paul Roy, Ellipses, 2010
- Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days, Dorai Sitaram, Web document
- Scheme and the Art of Programming, George Springer and Daniel P. Friedman, MIT Press/McGraw Hill, 1990
Advanced Texts
These are texts on advanced material that either use Scheme as the object of study or employ Scheme to illustrate key ideas.
- The Reasoned Schemer, Daniel P. Friedman, William E. Byrd, and Oleg Kiselyov, MIT Press, 2005
- Essentials of Programming Languages (2/e), Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand and Christopher T. Haynes, MIT Press, 2001
- Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, Shriram Krishnamurthi, 2003
- Principles of Programming Languages
Technical Papers
The Scheme Repository has a collection of classical papers, as the repository at CMU has an older one.
Mailing List Archives
The archives of the RnRS authors' mailing list, dating back to 1984, have recently become available on-line.
Standards
The standards have been moved to their own separate page.
