alt.hn

1/20/2026 at 2:39:06 PM

Scheme implementation as O'Reilly book via Claude Code

https://ezzeriesa.notion.site/Scheme-implementation-as-O-Reilly-book-via-Claude-Code-2ee1308b420480ce9b9cd157ee5220fd

by kurinikku

1/20/2026 at 3:14:28 PM

Distort the beautiful scheme language via a limited python evaluator? Oh my. I.e. in scheme a math op is defines as applying the ops to all its args.

    (+ 0 1 2 3 4 5) => (apply '+ '(0 1 2 3 4 5))

In this python code the op becomes a string (from a symbol), and a binop only. It can only do ("+" 0 1), but not more. That's why a proper book teaches this meta evaluator starting with apply, not such limited lambda's.

by rurban

1/20/2026 at 11:32:15 PM

What's the point of this AI slop?

by okkdev