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authorbryan newbold <bnewbold@snark.mit.edu>2009-06-01 19:25:19 -0400
committerbryan newbold <bnewbold@snark.mit.edu>2009-06-01 19:25:19 -0400
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@@ -77,3 +77,9 @@ image can be specified with the ``--band`` option at runtime or with
``(disk-restore filename)`` from within the interpreter. Bands are also called
worlds.
+"First Class"
+------------------
+"Procedures as first class objects" is one of the features commonly attributed
+to scheme. What does that mean? SICP describes first class objects as those
+that can be: named by variables, passed as arguments, returned as results,
+and included in data structures.