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The Little Schemer by Duane Bibby, Matthias Felleisen, Gerald J. Sussman, Daniel P. Friedman
scottkirkwood's review
I've heard great things about this book.
I'm not enjoying it - too much work.
I'm not enjoying it - too much work.
andras's review
5.0
It really twists your brain until it hurts. But the good news is that you'll come out of the process with a bigger brain:)
danarama's review
I'm not sure how to rate this one :P Most of the book was fun. I enjoyed its Q&A style but after going through it all, I'm iffy on Scheme itself as a programming language. It's obviously powerful but I struggle with its form. When expressions get a bit complicated, they become a quagmire of parentheses.
One criticism: the book really hammers home Scheme's style of recursive definitions but at the end you don't have what you need to sit down and write programs in Scheme.
Finally, I didn't really get the chapter on the Y-Combinator. It's going to take me some more studying!
One criticism: the book really hammers home Scheme's style of recursive definitions but at the end you don't have what you need to sit down and write programs in Scheme.
Finally, I didn't really get the chapter on the Y-Combinator. It's going to take me some more studying!
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