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SUMMARY:Scheme: The Programming Language of the Gods - Ryan Adams\, Infere
 nce Group\, Cavendish Laboratory
DTSTART:20050607T110000Z
DTEND:20050607T120000Z
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CONTACT:Ryan Prescott Adams
DESCRIPTION: Some cognitive theorists say that the spoken language you lea
 rn dictates what things you are capable of thinking. Whether or not this i
 s true\, what is certain is that the programming languages you know dictat
 e your natural approaches to solving problems with computers. Most of us l
 earn C\, C++\, Perl or Java and never realize the world of expression that
  can live outside of those boundaries. Scheme is an elegant list-based lan
 guage that will alter the way you think about programming. I am going to g
 ive a brief introduction to it and try to take you through some of the juc
 ier\, fun bits. If you're not sure whether or not to attend\, consider thi
 s quote regarding Lisp (Scheme is a dialect of Lisp):\n\n    "Lisp is wort
 h learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when yo
 u finally get it\; that experience will make you a better programmer for t
 he rest of your days\, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot."\
 n    - Eric Raymond\, "How to Become a Hacker" 
LOCATION:Room 911\, Cavendish Laboratory
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