maledetto <[email protected]> writes:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:07:49 -0500
> Joel James Adamson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thien-Thi Nguyen <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>> > () maledetto <[email protected]>
>> > () Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:12:25 +0100
>> >
>> >    aren't there some tests out there?
>> >
>> > What would such a test look like?
>> 
>> To the OP: Can you be more specific about what you want?  I suggest
>> reading The Little Schemer[1] if you want to really understand the
>> concepts behind the language.  That book advanced my thinking
>> hugely.  I still refer to it occasionally.
>> 
>> Joel
>> 
>
> there's a simple reason for my question. i'm in the need to quickly
> refresh my knowledge about the language because of a possible job in the
> very near future.

Perhaps pick a programming task, write a program in Scheme, and then
submit it here or comp.lang.scheme and solicit comments.  I still don't
understand how you'd get more out of some kind of "test" than you would
get out of just using the language again.

Joel

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Joel J. Adamson
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