> Le 25 juil. 2022 à 09:01, Andrew Bernard <andrew.bern...@mailbox.org> a écrit > : > > > Hello Jean, > > This is a great effort. > > A couple of suggestions. I suppose there are a few web pages with lists of > recommended texts for Scheme, but I think it would be great if you added this > one to the 'where to go from here' section: > > Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days (ds26gte.github.io) >
Gosh, it seems to teach Lisp-style non-hygienic macros instead of syntax-rules/syntax-case. That’s heresy against my religion! OK, I stop now :-) Thanks for that link, I saw it before but didn’t remember it. When I’m back from vacation, I’ll probably replace the reference to the books with a link to schemers.org. Cheers, Jean > Also, the link to the SICP text is only for the companion site for the book, > not the text. I strongly urge anybody who is involved with Scheme to obtain > this book, and keep it on the desk and read it a dozen times. A superb > classic computer science text, quite unparalleled. Scheme was the standard > language taught at MIT for many years. A large number of people are > disappointed and dismayed that I believe they now teach Python instead. While > Python is a nice language. Scheme teaches a much higher level of abstract > thought, and even if you never use it, it makes you a better programmer. > > And amazingly, here are Abelson and Sussman lecturing MIT 6.001 in 1986, the > complete series, for employees at HP. > > https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE18841CABEA24090 > > > > Andrew > > > > On 12/07/2022 9:28 am, Jean Abou Samra wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Last year, after I delivered a presentation on Scheme at a >> French-speaking virtual meeting of LilyPond users, I was asked >> if I could write that down in tutorial form, which I did as >> https://tutoriel-scheme.readthedocs.io. Over the past few days, >> I've set some time apart to translate that into English. >> The English version can be found here: >> >> https://scheme-tutorial.readthedocs.io >>
