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Re:Why MIT uses Python instead of Scheme for its undergradua... by jimhefferon on Saturday December 29, 2018 @02:02PM (#18785136)
> looping is limited to recursion in scheme

I believe that Scheme's DO is looping.

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Re:Why MIT uses Python instead of Scheme for its undergradua... by bjoli on Saturday December 29, 2018 @02:12PM (#18785183)
Which is still painful to use compared to python's for loops or comprehensions
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