28 Oct
2011
28 Oct
'11
11:18 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Liam Proven
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 6:37 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Learning Lisp/Scheme - Re: John McCarthy
[snip]
I am slowly working through it and it seems fairly readable so far,
but then again, if I change tack to Scheme instead, I might need to
change books too.
And for all that it is praised, I do find /The Little [Lisp|Schem]er/
to be /very/ intimidating. It's straight in at the deep end - no terms
defined, nothing.
The Little Lisper didn't make much sense to me until after I'd read some
"real" books about Lisp (I really like the one DEC published). Just showing
someone how to car, cdr and cons isn't all that helpful. :-) -- Ian