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The Little Schemer (Paperback)

by DP Friedman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: MIT Press; 4th Revised edition edition (1 Feb 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0262560992
  • ISBN-13: 978-0262560993
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 17.5 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 232,668 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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"I learned more about LISP from this book than I have from any of the other LISP books I've read over the years. . . . While other books will tell you the mechanics of LISP, they can leave you largely uninformed on the style of problem-solving for which LISP is optimized. The Little LISPer teaches you how to think in the LISP language. . . an inexpensive, enjoyable introduction." --Gregg Williams, Byte

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This text is a companion volume to "The Seasoned Schemer" and includes thoughts for anyone who wants to know what computing is about and to learn the physics of cyberspace. The information is presented in a humorous and easy-to-grasp fashion.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be fooled by the cute elephants!, 22 Jun 1999
By A Customer
This is an excellent book, and my understanding of recursion was greatly enhanced. I am going to use Scheme in a programming class next year, and this was just the introduction I needed. But even though this book is thin and is illustrated in a cute way, the last couple chapters of this book are very difficult. The day I finished reading it, I went to the doctor and my blood pressure was up a good deal, because of the brain-wracking I undertook while reading it (mainly the ninth, next to last chapter). It's a classic, and you don't actually need a Scheme interpreter to use it. I didn't use one, though I made sure to do the exercises on paper, and checked them carefully. If you get this book, prepare for quite a (brutal) mind stretcher.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not for reference -- a good tutorial, 6 Aug 1997
By A Customer
If you've never used Scheme before, this book
is an excellent tutorial. And it is a
tutorial. Do not attempt to jump ahead or
skip sections. The authors build upon what
was covered in previous sections in a fashion
unique to this text. And that was it's big-
gest weakness for me. Once I have read some-
thing, I don't want to reread the entire text
to catch a small point I missed earlier.

10 for tutorial, 3 for reference.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tutorial..., 20 Aug 2008
By ntoll (Towcester, Northants, UK) - See all my reviews
This is an excellent tutorial - although don't buy it if you require a reference work.

As for complaints that it is highly cryptic text: Well, I disagree - everything is clearly and logically presented and terms are introduced (yes - car, cdr, cons and lambda are all defined in the opening chapters). To say they are not seems to be evidence of at least one reviewer not paying attention!

Perhaps the best aspect of this book is the way it trains your movement of thought through code in the recursive way needed to fully grok Scheme and other LISP like languages.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good content but frustrating style
I bought this book to supplement the excellent free books online e.g. SICP, Teach yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days, TSPLv3. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Andrew W

1.0 out of 5 stars The poor Little Schemer
This poor exposé contains highly cryptic text from the outset. It makes the assumption that everyone understands the words used to program in Scheme. Read more
Published 11 months ago by D. V. Short

3.0 out of 5 stars Uhm...
Want to dive in the deep end, want to get your hands dirty? This is a good Scheme book for reference use, but not much else. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars schemer
This book goes through everything, once, and then again to make sure you can use the definition(even though it might not be defined until you read the examples). Read more
Published on 28 Feb 1997

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