SCHEME | lambda vs λ?
lambda, racket, scheme, syntax
Solution
`λ` is the lowercase symbol with the name `lambda` but most Scheme implementations doesn't have `λ` defined as a synonym for `lambda`. This the difference is that `lambda` is guaranteed to work while `λ` certainly is shorter for a teacher to write.
As an example I can mention that the wizards used `λ` quite often in the SICP videos even though the symbol wasn't supported. Whenever you see it you need to write `lambda`.
Problem
I'm taking a SCHEME course, and I was wandering if there's any difference between writing "λ" or "lambda". To clarify, is there a functional difference between these two snippets ? Using λ ``` (define foo (λ (x) (...))) ``` Using lambda ``` (define bar (lambda (x) (...))) ```