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No types, a very minimal syntax, a standard library so slim that everything interesting is a implementation-detail. And, as I a said, javascript has less. Javascript even lacks integer variables, while scheme has the numeric tower. (Although that is not required by rsr4/rsr5 and that what most implementations care about)


> No types, a very minimal syntax

I don't see how these make the language less powerful. Especially the syntax part, which plays a big part in Scheme's power, as an enabler for macros.

> a standard library so slim

I agree with this though.




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