## General issues about variables and binding in programming languages ##
-* [[!wikipedia Variable (programming)]]
+* [[!wikipedia Variable (programming) desc="Variables"]]
* [[!wikipedia Variable shadowing]]
-* [[!wikipedia Scope (programming)]]
+* [[!wikipedia Scope (programming) desc="Variable scope"]]
* [[!wikipedia Free variables and bound variables]]
* [[!wikipedia Name binding]]
* [[!wikipedia Name resolution]]
-* [[!wikipedia Parameter (computer science)]]
+* [[!wikipedia Parameter (computer science) desc="Function parameters"]]
## Functions as values, etc ##
* [[!wikipedia Higher-order function]]
* [[!wikipedia First-class function]]
-* [[!wikipedia Closure (computer science)]]
+* [[!wikipedia Closure (computer science) desc="Closures"]]
* [[!wikipedia Currying]]
-* [[!wikipedia Recursion (computer science)]]
## Functional vs imperative programming ##
## Learning Scheme ##
-* [Wikipedia overview of Scheme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_%28programming_language%29)
+* [[!wikipedia Scheme (programming language) desc="Wikipedia overview of Scheme"]]
* If you are new to programming or if you have the patience to work through a textbook, you should work through a textbook. Some good choices are The Little Schemer book(s) we recommended for the seminar; and also:
## Recursion and the Y Combinator ##
+* [[!wikipedia Recursion (computer science) desc="Recursion"]]
* [[!wikipedia Y combinator]]
* [Chapter 9 from The Little Schemer](http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTLS/sample.ps) on the Y Combinator "...and Again, and Again, and Again..."
* [The Y combinator](http://mvanier.livejournal.com/2700.html)
## Side-effects / mutation ##
-* [[!wikipedia Side effect (computer science)]]
-* [[!wikipedia Reference (computer science)]]
-* [[!wikipedia Pointer (computing)]]
+* [[!wikipedia Side effect (computer science) desc="Side effects"]]
+* [[!wikipedia Reference (computer science) desc="References"]]
+* [[!wikipedia Pointer (computing) desc="Pointers"]]
## Monads ##
-* [Monad in Functional Programming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(functional_programming))
+* [[!wikipedia Monad (functional programming) desc="Monads in Functional Programming"]]
* [A Gentle Intro to Haskell: About Monads](http://www.haskell.org/tutorial/monads.html)
[Part 3](http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2007/10/monads-are-elephants-part-3.html)
[Part 4](http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2007/11/monads-are-elephants-part-4.html)
-* Brian Beckman: Don't fear the Monad (67 minute video)](http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Brian-Beckman-Dont-fear-the-Monads/)
+* [Brian Beckman: Don't fear the Monad (67 minute video)](http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Brian-Beckman-Dont-fear-the-Monads/)
-* A monad non-tutorial...or why you shouldn't ask what a monad is](http://strongtyped.blogspot.com/2010/01/monad-non-tutorial.html)
+* [A monad non-tutorial...or why you shouldn't ask what a monad is](http://strongtyped.blogspot.com/2010/01/monad-non-tutorial.html)
-* The Mother of all Monads](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2008/12/mother-of-all-monads.html)
+* [The Mother of all Monads](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2008/12/mother-of-all-monads.html)
-* You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.)](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html)
+* [You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.)](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html)
-* Monads! (and Why Monad Tutorials Are All Awful)](http://ahamsandwich.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/monads-and-why-monad-tutorials-are-all-awful/)
+* [Monads! (and Why Monad Tutorials Are All Awful)](http://ahamsandwich.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/monads-and-why-monad-tutorials-are-all-awful/)
-* Of monads and spacesuits (archived)](http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=ixx7fcluvek_9lfolsxr_g)
+* [Of monads and spacesuits (archived)](http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=ixx7fcluvek_9lfolsxr_g)
* [Haskell wikibook: Understanding monads](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Understanding_monads)
* [[!wikipedia Delimited continuation]]
* [Delimited/composable continuations tutorial](composable-continuations-tutorial) at SchemeWiki
-## Monads ##
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-* [[!wikipedia Monad (functional programming)]]
-
## Linear Logic ##
* [[!wikipedia Linear logic]]