Scheme for Lion

sojourner · 11-08-2012, 11:10 AM

Wanting to go through MIT's SICP course and looking for a decent Scheme app for the Mac. Racket seems to be the most-oft recommended and it really sucks. MIT-Scheme seems to the be the next most-oft recommended and it's really non-intuitive.

Googling extensively has turned up lots of leads to apps and command-line things with substandard instructions and explanations. I'm no beginner to Terminal or the command-line, but the instructions I've seen assume advanced knowledge.

With as many Mac users who've done SICP, I know there must be some Scheme app out there that "just works", but where on earth is it? And, at this point, I'm willing to pay so recommendations for paid apps are fine.

hayne · 11-08-2012, 10:52 PM

I know little about Scheme, but I see what looks like a definitive list of available Scheme implementations at:
http://community.schemewiki.org/?sch...mplementations
The comments at the bottom of the list make some recommendations for choosing among them.

sojourner · 11-10-2012, 11:04 AM

Thank you bunches for that. That's the most extensive list I've seena and I've been googling this search off and on for years.

sojourner · 11-11-2012, 10:24 PM

Thanks again, hayne. I went through the entire list, found something to my liking and SICP seems f'ing doable now. Mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah.

11-08-2012, 11:10 AM	#1
sojourner Major Leaguer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 324	Scheme for Lion Wanting to go through MIT's SICP course and looking for a decent Scheme app for the Mac. Racket seems to be the most-oft recommended and it really sucks. MIT-Scheme seems to the be the next most-oft recommended and it's really non-intuitive. Googling extensively has turned up lots of leads to apps and command-line things with substandard instructions and explanations. I'm no beginner to Terminal or the command-line, but the instructions I've seen assume advanced knowledge. With as many Mac users who've done SICP, I know there must be some Scheme app out there that "just works", but where on earth is it? And, at this point, I'm willing to pay so recommendations for paid apps are fine. __________________ see a problem; solve a problem.

11-08-2012, 10:52 PM	#2
hayne Site Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 31,938	I know little about Scheme, but I see what looks like a definitive list of available Scheme implementations at: http://community.schemewiki.org/?sch...mplementations The comments at the bottom of the list make some recommendations for choosing among them. __________________ hayne.net/macosx.html

11-10-2012, 11:04 AM	#3
sojourner Major Leaguer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 324	Thank you bunches for that. That's the most extensive list I've seena and I've been googling this search off and on for years. __________________ see a problem; solve a problem.

11-11-2012, 10:24 PM	#4
sojourner Major Leaguer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 324	Thanks again, hayne. I went through the entire list, found something to my liking and SICP seems f'ing doable now. Mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah. __________________ see a problem; solve a problem.

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