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by msla 2646 days ago
> Scheme (subset of Lisp)

There are people who'd fight you over that one. :)

From Wiki: http://wiki.c2.com/?IsSchemeLisp

> One of the interesting debates in Lisp circles is the question of whether or not SchemeLanguage should be considered part of the LispLanguage family. There are more than a few Lispers (and perhaps a few schemers) who think that the LispSchemeDifferences are sufficiently large that Scheme should not be considered to be a "Lisp". This topic has spread across many pages, so this page has been created to quarantine this particular HolyWar.

And one interesting reason why not:

> The philosophies of the Lisp and Scheme communities have diverged quite a bit. SchemeLanguage focuses much more on FunctionalProgramming; CommonLisp on metaprogramming and multi-paradigm programming (especially OO with CommonLispObjectSystem).