tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post281136469659951813..comments2009-11-03T14:50:25.779-05:00David J. Fianderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08649853579641241634david@fiander.infoBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post-46572295348723616942009-11-03T14:44:58.470-05:002009-11-03T14:44:58.470-05:00C is fundamental language and bridge between them allcaLombardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05290924267646474849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post-83082639459912684292008-04-14T11:30:00.000-04:002008-04-14T11:30:00.000-04:00David, I agree completely. These days, there are some wonderful Scheme implementations available (<A HREF="http://www.plt-scheme.org/" REL="nofollow">PLT Scheme</A>, <A HREF="http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org/" REL="nofollow">Chicken</A>) with supportive communities, making it a viable language for application development. (And anyone who's serious about programming should learn enough Scheme to read <A HREF="http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/" REL="nofollow">SICP</A>, even if they never use the language again.)<BR/><BR/>Also interesting is <A HREF="http://clojure.sourceforge.net/" REL="nofollow">Clojure</A>, a recent, modern Lisp for the JVM that addresses the library problem that many Lisps suffer, without sacrificing Lisp's advantages. If you haven't played with it yet, I think you'll enjoy it.fawcetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670078611251538949noreply@blogger.com