5 Reasons to Learn Scheme in 2024

In this video, I'll give you 5 reasons why I think you should learn Scheme this year! Regardless if you are a programming beginner or an expert hacker, there is a lot to be gained from learning this language. Come let me know what you think!

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:08 What is Scheme?
00:54 You will deepen your programming knowledge
02:34 Incredibly powerful features
02:24 Efficient recursion
03:47 Hygenic macros
05:23 Continuations
07:28 Wide variety of Scheme implementations
09:51 You can write any kind of application with it
11:40 You will get the full benefit of GNU Guix
12:54 Let me know your thoughts!

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