> Scheme is a Lisp. No, it *isn't*. > I've never met anyone who disagrees. Now y...

AnimalMuppet · on Sept 25, 2015

You might do more than just disagree. You might supply some reasons why you think Scheme isn't a Lisp. That would make a much more informative post.

muuh-gnu · on Sept 25, 2015

> You might do more than just disagree.

He didnt do more than just claim it.

> You might supply some reasons why you think Scheme isn't a Lisp.

So you want a negative proof without providing a positive proof first?

> That would make a much more informative post.

So why didnt you remind the previous poster of this, instead of reminding me?

AnimalMuppet · on Sept 25, 2015

True. He didn't do more than just claim it.

I replied to you because, while an unsupported claim is regrettable, an unsupported denial takes you all the way into "Is too! Is not!" 5-year-old-style argument. iak8god started down that road; your reply went further down it.

It also seemed to me that your attitude was sharper than iak8god's. Your reply to me did not change that opinion.

> So you want a negative proof without providing a positive proof first?

Yes. I want you to try to be better than the person you're replying to, rather than trying to be at least as bad.

iak8god · on Sept 26, 2015

I suppose I should have said "Scheme is, and always has been, widely considered a Lisp."

Do you need more "proof" of this than Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_%28programming_language... ?

papaf · on Sept 25, 2015

Isn't Scheme a Lisp 1?