The Little Schemer
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The Little Schemer  (English, Paperback, Friedman Daniel P.)

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  • Language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
  • Genre: Computers
  • ISBN: 9780262560993, 9780262560993
  • Edition: 1995
  • Pages: 216
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    The notion that "thinking about computing is one of the most exciting things the human mind can do" sets both The Little Schemer (formerly known as The Little LISPer) and its new companion volume, The Seasoned Schemer, apart from other books on LISP. The authors' enthusiasm for their subject is compelling as they present abstract concepts in a humorous and easy-to-grasp fashion. Together, these books will open new doors of thought to anyone who wants to find out what computing is really about. The Little Schemer introduces computing as an extension of arithmetic and algebra; things that everyone studies in grade school and high school. It introduces programs as recursive functions and briefly discusses the limits of what computers can do. The authors use the programming language Scheme, and interesting foods to illustrate these abstract ideas. The Seasoned Schemer informs the reader about additional dimensions of computing: functions as values, change of state, and exceptional cases. The Little LISPer has been a popular introduction to LISP for many years. It had appeared in French and Japanese. The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schemer are worthy successors and will prove equally popular as textbooks for Scheme courses as well as companion texts for any complete introductory course in Computer Science.
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    Imprint
    • MIT Press
    Publication Year
    • 1995
    Dimensions
    Width
    • 11 mm
    Height
    • 229 mm
    Length
    • 178 mm
    Weight
    • 340 gr
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    Definitely not for anyone who's been in programming for quite a while!

    I purchased this book with high hopes by reading some great reviews about it, maybe this is beneficial for those who are new to programming, to know step-by-step what recursion _means_, but after the first few chapters, I got really bored!, maybe because I have done quite a lot of _procedural_, and wanted to get a know-how of the _functional_ world, hence all I wanted was a cut-the-crap-and-give-just-facts approach, which this is unfortunately NOT!. This is IMHO, YMMV.
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    A must have book

    For those who are keen to learn programming and understand ultimate power of recursion, this is the book they should read first. I would recommend to try out each and every problem given in this book.
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    Kalpesh Adhatrao

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    strange book

    Anyone attempting to read structure interpretation of computer programs should read this book first. Strange book, doesn't follow the pattern of other technical book. Follows a strange question and answer type format. But completing it will give you new insight into the recursion of a beautiful little language scheme. But book assume you know scheme language even if it not written in preface.
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