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# What Next

If you want to learn more about Scheme, these are the resources I recommend:

## Scheme

* [Sketchy Scheme](https://www.t3x.org/sketchy/) by [Nils M Holm](https://www.t3x.org/)

![Sketchy Scheme Book Cover](./img/sketchy-scheme.png)

There is a free version in Archive.org called [Sketchy Lisp](https://archive.org/details/sketchy-lisp) but I recommend latest version.

* [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs](https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf)

A classic, one of the authors of the book is the author of Scheme language.

![SICP Cover](./img/SICP-cover.jpg)<br/>
<small><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SICP_cover.jpg">Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman — MIT Press</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, Wikimedia Commons</small>

I also recommend video lectures. There are two versions. I recommend original by Abelson and Sussman from 1986.

[![SICP MIT Lectures](./img/SICP-lectures.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB63C06FAF154F047)

This is an [official website of the lectures](https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/).

They are not very good quality, but they are great, and you should have no problems in seeing the
code on the blackboard.

There are also more recent lectures from 2010 at [Berkeley](https://www.berkeley.edu/) by
[Brian Harvey](https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/).  Only a little bit better quality.

[![UC Berkeley CS 61A The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Spring 2010](./img/SCIP-lectures-berkley.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhMnuBfGeCDNgVzLPxF9o5UNKG1b-LFY9)

## Lisp Macros

If you want to learn more about lisp macros, there are two great books:

* [On Lisp](https://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html) by [Paul Graham](https://www.paulgraham.com)

  The book is out of print, and you can download it for free. But if you prefer printed books, you
  can get it printed on Lulu Express.

  Here is article that explain how to do this:

* [Piecing Together a Printed Copy of "On Lisp"](https://www.lurklurk.org/onlisp/onlisp.html)

  You can also read this [discussion on
  Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/l71amc/on_lisp_paperback_replica/).

* Another great book about advanced lisp macros is [Let over Lambda](https://letoverlambda.com/) by
  [Doug Hoyte](https://hoytech.com/).


## Scheme hygienic macros

**NOTE**: Unfortunately, there are no good books about Scheme hygienic macros.  But you can read
those documents:
* [Writing Powerful Macros in Scheme](https://github.com/mnieper/scheme-macros) by [Marc
Nieper-Wißkirchen](https://github.com/mnieper).
* [JRM’s Syntax-rules Primer for the Merely Eccentric](http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~micheles/syntax-rules.pdf)
* [An Advanced Syntax-Rules Primer for the Mildly Insane](https://www.eighty-twenty.org/~tonyg/Darcs/macromod/doc/reference/petrofsky/petrofsky-advanced-syntax-rules-primer-for-the-mildly-insane.txt) by Al Petrofsky.
* Oleg Kiselyov part of the website contains [advanced usage of Scheme maros](https://okmij.org/ftp/Scheme/macros.html).

You can also lookup resources from this Reddit posts:
* [Collection of Links About Scheme Macros](https://www.reddit.com/r/scheme/comments/3chowf/collection_of_links_about_scheme_macros/)

## More Resources
You can find common recipes inside [Scheme Cookbook](https://cookbook.scheme.org/) and [more books
about Scheme](https://books.scheme.org/) on [official Scheme website](https://www.scheme.org/).