Re: [racket] learning recursion

2015-02-06 Thread Amir Ansari
Get 'The Little Schemer', by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen. It's the classic introduction to everything about recursion. Very engaging, friendly, and funny! Amir On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:01:25 +0100 Roelof Wobben wrote: > Hello, > > I try to learn functional programming by self-

Re: [racket] learning recursion

2015-02-05 Thread Steve Graham
You might consider reading/using The Little Schemer to learn recursion (and a whole lot more). Steve From: Geoffrey S. Knauth To: users@racket-lang.org Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [racket] learning recursion On Wed, Feb 4, 2015, at 13:01, Roelof Wobben

Re: [racket] learning recursion

2015-02-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Knauth
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015, at 13:01, Roelof Wobben wrote: > Is racket a good language to learn recursion the right way ? Sure! But it's really the educational material of How to Design Programs (HtDP) [1] that comes with DrRacket that makes the experience of learning the "right" patterns an easier expe