Whats the big deal with Scheme

So some nerd was a fan of star wars and wanted to make a language that mirrors how Yoda talks. Over it, you should get.

>>1 is obviously a troll, but for the record, Yoda spoke more normally in the original trilogy and there is no real difference between schemes function syntax and that of any other, except for parentheses placement.
Compare

(+ 5 5) or (map square '(1 2 3 4))

with

add(5,5) or map(square, [1,2,3,4])
also
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner^[1]
Scheme was introduced in 1975 by Gerald J. Sussman and Guy L. Steele Jr ^[2]



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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back
2. The Scheme Programming Language 3rd Edition http://www.scheme.com/tspl3/preface.html#./preface:h0</sub>