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"Kent Dybvig's The Scheme Programming Language is to Scheme what Kernighan and Ritchie's The C Programming Language is to C. Kent's book is the book for either the novice or serious Scheme programmer. Its style, wit, and organization has reached a new high with the publication of the fourth edition."--Daniel P. Friedman, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University "This fourth edition builds on the strengths of the previous editions and provides a comprehensive, no-nonsense introduction to the Scheme programming language in its latest form. The combination of solidity and finesse displayed in this book makes it a reference text for educated computer scientists. The accompanying software, Petite Chez Scheme, makes it the ideal starting point for any programmer who wants to extend his or her repertoire with Scheme." --Olivier Danvy, Aarhus University, Denmark, co-Editor-in-Chief of Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation -- Olivier Danvy "Eric Raymond once wrote that learning Lisp makes one a better programmer for the rest of one's days. Scheme is the best dialect of Lisp to learn for this purpose, and Kent Dybvig's book provides a comprehensive and beautiful introduction to learning Scheme and becoming a better programmer." Olivier Danvy , Aarhus University, Denmark, co-Editor-in-Chief of Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation
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This fourth edition is not only an introductory text, but also an essential reference for Scheme Programmers.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dybvig's book is an excellent but terse tutorial and reference on Scheme.
Writtem in the tradition of Kernighan and Ritchie 'The C Programming Language' it provides a complete description of the language in a very short amount of space.
I found this approach in keeping with the Language, scheme is a small and very expressive language.
It sits on my desk next to K&R, Hanson, Stoustroup, Graham, Stevens and Steele.
Writtem in the tradition of Kernighan and Ritchie 'The C Programming Language' it provides a complete description of the language in a very short amount of space.
I found this approach in keeping with the Language, scheme is a small and very expressive language.
It sits on my desk next to K&R, Hanson, Stoustroup, Graham, Stevens and Steele.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent introduction to Scheme.
Disciplined technical writing, with no redundancy.
Disciplined technical writing, with no redundancy.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I like reading by actually holding a book. They make it easier for me to jot down what I think or write down keywords to make it easy for me to recall what is where at some points. It is not much difference that online reference in order to understand the language. But it may be more elaborate on notation and naming conventions which is and added advantage. I still need to search online from time to time.
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