Schemetard ask himself: was it wise to devote 20 years to a toy lang?

https://hyper.dev/blog/yet-another-scheme.html

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general programming/design concepts are useful beyond lisp/scheme but a lot of the stuff in the book is scheme-specific. so it can be useful if your're are not interested in lisp, but not the entire thing and it will not be directly applicable. the real reason for reading it (and why it's so popular on the internet) is, beyond challenging how you think about ramming progs, to enjoy the weird/eccentric writing style which I wish was more popular as opposed to dry academic jargon and occasional trying-too-hard 'how do you do fellow kids' memery