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The Seasoned Schemer
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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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