Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus
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"Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus" is the seminal 1975 technical report by Gerald Jay Sussman and Guy L. Steele Jr. that introduced the Scheme programming language and demonstrated the power of lexical scoping and first-class procedures in a minimalist Lisp dialect.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus Context triple: [Gerald Jay Sussman, notableWork, Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus]
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A.
Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
The Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme is the series of formal documents that define and evolve the official specification of the Scheme programming language.
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B.
Chez Scheme
Chez Scheme is a high-performance, optimizing implementation of the Scheme programming language widely used for both research and production systems.
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C.
The Definition of Standard ML
The Definition of Standard ML is the formal language specification that rigorously defines the syntax and semantics of the Standard ML functional programming language.
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is a seminal computer science textbook by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman that uses the Scheme language to teach fundamental principles of programming and software design.
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E.
Hindley–Milner type system
The Hindley–Milner type system is a classical polymorphic type system used in many functional programming languages, notable for enabling type inference without explicit type annotations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus Target entity description: "Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus" is the seminal 1975 technical report by Gerald Jay Sussman and Guy L. Steele Jr. that introduced the Scheme programming language and demonstrated the power of lexical scoping and first-class procedures in a minimalist Lisp dialect.
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A.
Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
The Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme is the series of formal documents that define and evolve the official specification of the Scheme programming language.
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B.
Chez Scheme
Chez Scheme is a high-performance, optimizing implementation of the Scheme programming language widely used for both research and production systems.
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C.
The Definition of Standard ML
The Definition of Standard ML is the formal language specification that rigorously defines the syntax and semantics of the Standard ML functional programming language.
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D.
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is a seminal computer science textbook by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman that uses the Scheme language to teach fundamental principles of programming and software design.
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E.
Hindley–Milner type system
The Hindley–Milner type system is a classical polymorphic type system used in many functional programming languages, notable for enabling type inference without explicit type annotations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer science publication
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programming languages paper ⓘ technical report ⓘ |
| affiliatedProject | MIT AI Lab Scheme project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Gerald Jay Sussman
NERFINISHED
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Guy L. Steele Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Lisp
NERFINISHED
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lambda calculus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Gerald Jay Sussman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guy L. Steele Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demonstrates |
power of first-class procedures
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power of lexical scoping ⓘ use of continuations in interpreters ⓘ |
| describes | Scheme programming language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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lambda calculus ⓘ programming languages ⓘ |
| genre | technical report ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
control structures in interpreters
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environment models of evaluation ⓘ procedures as first-class objects ⓘ |
| influenced |
Scheme standardization efforts
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design of minimalist programming languages ⓘ research in functional programming ⓘ |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | Scheme programming language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formalizing first-class procedures in a Lisp dialect
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introducing Scheme as a lexically scoped Lisp ⓘ seminal contribution to programming language theory ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | MIT AI Lab technical report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Lisp programming language
NERFINISHED
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The Revised Report on Scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ lambda calculus in programming language design ⓘ |
| title | Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
Lisp dialects
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first-class procedures ⓘ interpreter implementation ⓘ lambda calculus ⓘ lexical scoping ⓘ minimalist language design ⓘ |
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Subject: Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus Description of subject: "Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus" is the seminal 1975 technical report by Gerald Jay Sussman and Guy L. Steele Jr. that introduced the Scheme programming language and demonstrated the power of lexical scoping and first-class procedures in a minimalist Lisp dialect.
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