26 Oct
2011
26 Oct
'11
5:03 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
That can't be true! Lisp's best-kept secret is that it is very simple to get
into. Pick up any introductory Lisp or Scheme book (e.g. Programming in
Scheme by Eisenberg and Abelson,
http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Scheme-Michael-Eisenberg/dp/0894261150 )
or How to Design Programs (online at
http://htdp.org/2003-09-26/ )
and you will soon prove this to yourself!
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Abelson, Sussman)
was the first software text book I used in a school course. Editing
Scheme using Emacs on a VT-100 on a TOPS-20 system. Those were the
days! I didn't learn C until later on my own.
-Glen