Email discussion lists and comp.lang.scheme are an excellent to start.
Another option is #scheme on IRC at Freenode; there is nothing like speaking to another human being about Scheme.
When you talk with folks; you learn faster and have a lot more fun. When you are really digging into a concept, the kind soul who answers your [...]
To apply the general question that makes every programmer shudder, to Lisp…
How hard can it be?
Here is the definitive answer, from the source.
When is it the right time to start addressing the cause of problems today, and where does one start?
Bill Clementson always posts great articles.
In this one he relays a great story about Amazon, fun jobs, and how to get ahead in business.
While ostensibly this article is about Lisp, the author’s review of PAIP and its lessons make it well worth the read.
Peter Norvig posted this article explaining how implement an “industrial-strength spell corrector like Google’s” in only 21 lines of Python!
This article is a pretty fun read, especially for folks looking for fun problems to solve in their programming language of choice (or hopefully in the new language that they are currently learning). Be sure to [...]
Can we look to mathematics to find the “measure of beauty”?
MIT Scheme is a fine Scheme distribution. Their editor, Edwin, however, has always been sort of a mystery to me. I can’t find anyone that uses it, documentation that “speaks to me”, or even a user guide on how to get the most out of it. Aaron Hsu, psychically detecting another Schemer in need, recorded [...]