[1-13] What does SICP, SCOOPS, R4RS, CAR, CDR, ... mean?
Glossary of acronyms:
CAR Originally meant "Contents of Address portion of Register",
which is what CAR actually did on the IBM 704.
CDR Originally meant "Contents of Decrement portion of
Register", which is what CDR actually did
on the IBM 704. Pronounced "Cudder".
ANSI American National Standards Institute
SICP Abelson and Sussman's book "Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs".
EOPL Essentials of Programming Languages
SCOOPS An experimental object-oriented programming
language for Scheme.
R3RS Revised^3 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme.
R4RS Revised^4 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme.
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