Introductory programming courses using Scheme often use a version which includes primitive functions like first and bf (described here).
I have MIT Scheme running locally thanks to this question, but it throws the following error when I try to use one of these primitive functions.
MIT/GNU Scheme running under OS X
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1 ]=> (first 'hello)
;The object hello, passed as an argument to safe-car, is not a pair.
;To continue, call RESTART with an option number:
; (RESTART 1) => Return to read-eval-print level 1.
How can I import these primitive functions into scheme to use?
See page 510. The appendix explains that you need to download support code:
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/pdf/ssch27.pdf
FWIW there is a package for Simply Scheme that works with Racket