Little Schemer

Name: Little Schemer
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ISBN: 9780262560993

ISBN-10: 0262560992

ISBN-13: 9780262560993

Edition: 4th 1996 (Revised)

Authors: Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen, Duane Bibby, Gerald J. Sussman

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drawings by Duane Bibby foreword by Gerald J. Sussman 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 Schemerintroduces computing as an extension of arithmetic and algebra -- things that everyone studies in grade school and high…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 12/21/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Daniel P. Friedman is Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University and is the author of many books published by the MIT Press, including The Little Schemer(fourth edition, 1995), The Seasoned Schemer(1995), A Little Java, A Few Patterns(1997), each of these coauthored with Matthias Felleisen, and The Reasoned Schemer(2005), coauthored with William E. Byrd and Oleg Kiselyov.



Foreword


Preface



Toys



Do It, Do It Again, and Again, and Again . . .



Cons the Magnificent



Numbers Games



Oh My Gawd: It's Full of Stars



Shadows



Friends and Relations



Lambda the Ultimate



. . . and Again, and Again, and Again, . . .



What Is the Value of All of This?


Intermission


Index