26 Oct
2011
26 Oct
'11
6:31 p.m.
On 26/10/11 8:03 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Toby Thain<toby at
telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
Doesn't get much more awesome than that :)
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.
I wish I'd learned Scheme first, then C.
SICP is an important book - I am working my way through it myself - but
I deliberately didn't recommend it to Liam, as it would perhaps not be
very helpful to somebody who already feels intimidated by Lisp.
--T
-Glen