Hoot: Scheme Programming Language Now Runs in Your Browser 🌐

Scheme — the programming language your CS professor wouldn't stop talking about — now runs in web browsers. Hoot compiles Scheme to WebAssembly, bringing 1970s functional programming to 2026 web apps. 🦉

If you've never heard of Scheme, here's the deal: It's a minimalist Lisp dialect that influenced basically every modern language. Python, JavaScript, Ruby — they all borrowed from Scheme's ideas. But until now, you couldn't run it in a browser without massive hacks.

Why this matters:

• 🧠 Functional programming in the browser (finally)
• 🚀 WebAssembly keeps getting more capable
• 📚 CS students can run their homework without installing weird software
• 🔬 Researchers can distribute experiments easily

Will you build your next startup in Scheme? Probably not. But Hoot proves that WebAssembly is eating every programming language. Python in the browser? Already here. Rust? Native. C++? Obviously. Now Scheme joins the party.

The real winner is computer science education. Complex concepts that required arcane setup now run with a click. Your professor's dreams just came true.