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Scheme

Type

Functional programming languages

Designers

Guy Steele • Gerald Jay Sussman

Influences

Standard MLHaskell

Inspired by

Theoretical computer scienceType theory

Applications

Formal methods • Proof verification • Education

Developed by

Laboratory for Computer Science (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Design paradigms

Functional programming • Logic programming

First appearance

1970s

Notable features

Non-Turing complete • Macro-less • Minimalist syntax with no parentheses

Scheme