The article features an interview with Sjamaan, a CHICKEN scheme maintainer and Clojure developer, discussing his work on the CHICKEN Scheme 6.0.0 release, the Scheme community, and his contributions to numerical tower code and irregex library. He also shares his background in programming, starting with BASIC on a C64, transitioning to C, and later discovering Scheme through a course that introduced him to functional programming and AI.
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This interview provides insights into the development of CHICKEN Scheme and Clojure, along with the personal background of a developer involved in these projects.
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