scheme for object-oriented programmers

Question

I\'m thoroughly intrigued by Scheme, and have started with some toy programming examples, and am reading through Paul Graham\'s On Lisp.

One thing I haven\'t been able t

Answer 1

One beginner's resource that is very helpful and geared very much toward the casual reader is "The Adventures of a Pythonista in Schemeland". It's written (obviously) from the point of view of a Python programmer taking first steps with Scheme. One especially nice thing about it is that it includes an overview of the current implementations and compatibility issues between each scheme implementation, which, unfortunately, can cause some headaches when you're just starting out.

With regards to object systems, these two documents (linked from here) give nice examples of very simple toy implementations using closures that I found helpful in understanding their use in capturing state.