Scheme - a Minimalist Approach to Languages and Metalanguages

Topic: Scheme is a classic programming language which has several interesting features. The language is minimal in its feature set, while not being minimal on power. In scheme, the ideas behind coding are abstracted out so that only the most powerful and general remain. Code and data are stored using the same standard data structure, allowing easy ability to reconfigure the language itself at will. While not being a pure functional language, it has inspired a number of functional languages, and is the basis of multiple classic books on computer development, especially “Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs”.

Speaker: Jonathan Bartlett is a computer programmer, educator, and writer. His books include “Programming from the Ground Up”, “New Programmers Start Here”, and “Building Scalable Web Applications Using the Cloud”.