Top Document: FAQ: Scheme Frequently Asked Questions 1/2 [Monthly posting] Previous Document: [1-15] World-Wide Web (WWW) Resources See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge According to Steele and Gabriel's "The Evolution of Lisp" paper, Scheme was originally called Schemer, in the tradition of the AI languages Planner and Conniver. But the ITS operating system had a 6-character limitation of file names, so the names were shortened to PLNR, CNVR, and SCHEME. Eventually the truncated name Scheme stuck. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ;;; *EOF* User Contributions:Top Document: FAQ: Scheme Frequently Asked Questions 1/2 [Monthly posting] Previous Document: [1-15] World-Wide Web (WWW) Resources Part1 - Part2 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: ai+lisp-faq@cs.cmu.edu
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