The original name of the programming language Scheme was "Schemer", which was shortened by removing the last character because of file system limitations. The m

The original name of the programming language Scheme was "Schemer", which was shortened by removing the last character because of file system limitations. The motivation for the name Schemer was that the authors were scheming against Actors analogous to the programming Conniver, where the authors were conniving against Planner.