installing MIT-scheme for doing SICP

install-mit-schema-for-SICP.md

installing MIT Schema

The SICP page recommends MIT scheme,
so that is what we will use

to install it, on Apple OSX using Homebrew:

  brew tap x11
  brew cask install xquartz
  brew install mit-scheme
  brew install with-readline

you will see /usr/local/bin/scheme linked to mit-scheme under Homebrew's cellar

can run with-readline scheme to get a basic REPL with readline support.
the CLI did not respond to `-?' or other variations.
so see the help for details.

if interested see an-opinionated-guide-to-scheme-implementations by the author of Guile

using scheme

the file extension for scheme is scm
opening a scm file in emacs should give the scheme mode by default

can type M-x run-scheme to run a scheme process. emacs buffer is named *scheme*
can type C-c C-l to load a file inside the emacs *scheme* buffer

emacs has other scheme modes see alexott.net and emacswiki for more details