5 Reasons to Learn Scheme in 2024

In this video, I'll give you 5 reasons why I think you should learn Scheme this year! Regardless if you are a programming beginner or an expert hacker, there is a lot to be gained from learning this language. Come let me know what you think!

#scheme #lisp #guile #racket #functionalprogramming #gnu

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• 5 Reasons to Try Guix in 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZdMRLPZhFs

CHAPTERS:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:08 What is Scheme?
• 00:54 You will deepen your programming knowledge
• 02:34 Incredibly powerful features
• 02:24 Efficient recursion
• 03:47 Hygenic macros
• 05:23 Continuations
• 07:28 Wide variety of Scheme implementations
• 09:51 You can write any kind of application with it
• 11:40 You will get the full benefit of GNU Guix
• 12:54 Let me know your thoughts!

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• Learning Emacs Lisp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQK_DaaX34Q&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPQtn7FQEF3D7sroZbXuPZ7
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