CSE 413 Spring 2011 -- Scheme

Notes

Based on notes by Alan Borning. The primary reference on Scheme itself is the R5RS language definition (see below under Other Resources).

1. Scheme Basics
2. Recursion and Applicative Programming
3. Side effects in Scheme
4. Scoping
5. Garbage collection
6. define-struct in Racket

Racket (formerly DrScheme) Programming Environment

• Racket home
• Download page
• Racket documentation

Note: After you install Racket, be sure to change the Language option to Standard (R5RS) the first time you launch DrRacket).

Other Resources

• R5RS Report (pdf - worth printing to have for reference or browsing - or html, if you like flipping pages) This is the full definition of "classic" Scheme, which is the version we will use. This is the primary reference for the Scheme part of the course along with the course notes. There is a just-ratified newer version (R6RS). The big difference between the two is that R6RS has a standardized module and library system, which is useful in constructing larger programs, but beyond what we need for CSE 413.
• Web page for Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (includes the full text of the book online in html format!)

(If you find something else that you think others would be interested in, send mail to the instructor so it can be added.)

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