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The Concurrent Schemer

“The Concurrent Schemer” (CSCM) is an implementation of the Scheme programming language built on top of the Erlang Virtual Machine. – via G+.

The Processing Programming Language

I had thought that it was only for Arduino coding, but it turns out to have much broader and interesting goals: Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of [...]

Essentials of Garbage Collection

Another great PLT effort for the backlog: How do we teach students the essential ideas behind garbage collection?

The Guile 100 Programs Project

The Guile folks are looking for programmers curious about contributing, having some fun, and possibly winning a monetary reward for their work! Details here.

Flow Control in Selenium IDE Scripting

Adding to the Selenium IDE’s already awesome “save your behind in every kind of situation possible” behavior, here is a plugin that adds the flow control constructs that are so sorely missed from the base language. This is a powerful, powerful addition that makes some horrible tasks… bearable.

Geiser 0.3 is Released

Excellent for use with Racket. Get it here.

Rebootable Programs in Racket

Here is how to do it courtesy of TonyG.

Calling functions with optional arguments from the mini-buffer

Surely one of the first things VIers want to know as do the rest of us is how to move forward N characters (or backward or whatever) from the mini-buffer in EMACS. Here is how it is done, using the universal argument. So to move forward 100 chars: C:u 100, C:f ADDENDUM:01/13/13 Thanks FUCO for [...]

Schluessel – A Scheme Implementation on Java

Schluessel is an R5RS Scheme implementation based on Java. Schluessel can manipulate Java libraries by using reflection. Scheme applications written by Schluessel can also embed in Java applications.

Mickey Scheme

Mickey Scheme is an incomplete, slow and buggy implementation of R7RS Scheme small.