On 6/18/07, Thomas Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
3) Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2ed)
by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman.
Not really *about* Scheme, uses Scheme for CS concepts.
This is available online (free):
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text
At 08:42 PM 6/18/2007, Warner wrote:
There was an article that my co-worker James sent me (that I can't
find) that talked about functional languages and the new multi-core
architectures and how learning a functional language wouldn't be a
bad thing. (If you do a google on functional language and
On Jun 18, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
At 02:02 PM 6/18/2007, Warner wrote:
As I say in my blog one of the reasons to learn a new language is
just that - to see how another language approaches problems so that
I'm not stymied into thinking "one way is the only way". In other
terms,
You might find JSchem interesting:
http://jscheme.sourceforge.net/jscheme/main.html
Bashar
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From: Warner Onstine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 2:02:03 PM
Subject: Re: [jug-discussion] next language to learn?
On Jun
At 02:02 PM 6/18/2007, Warner wrote:
As I say in my blog one of the reasons to learn a new language is
just that - to see how another language approaches problems so that
I'm not stymied into thinking "one way is the only way". In other
terms, because I have a hammer everything looks like a nail
If your goal is to get a marketable skill, I'd say Ruby/Rails. Lots
of Rails jobs out there, and more every day - especially if you want
to move to the Bay Area :)
On 6/17/07, Warner Onstine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,
I've posted up a little thing on my blog about what should be my next
On Jun 18, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Jim Secan wrote:
The correct answer should be "I don't know yet." I've been writing
code
for almost 40 years now (quite a trick given that I'm only 39!) and
have
lost count of the number of languages and psuedo-languages I've
learned
over the years. What I d
On Jun 18, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
At 09:56 AM 6/18/2007, you wrote:
On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
Like the one comment said on your web page: depends on your goals.
Actually they just asked why I would want to learn a new language at
all. Which quite hon
The correct answer should be "I don't know yet." I've been writing code
for almost 40 years now (quite a trick given that I'm only 39!) and have
lost count of the number of languages and psuedo-languages I've learned
over the years. What I do know is this - whenever I try to learn, or learn
about
Bill's back East for vacation, so I probably just beat him to it. ;)
-t
At 09:59 AM 6/18/2007, you wrote:
I was wondering when Icon was going to come up ;-). I knew it was
either going to be you or Bill :-P.
-warner
On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
BTW -- I forgot to
At 09:56 AM 6/18/2007, you wrote:
On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
Like the one comment said on your web page: depends on your goals.
Actually they just asked why I would want to learn a new language at
all. Which quite honestly is not a good question, I feel that all
program
I was wondering when Icon was going to come up ;-). I knew it was
either going to be you or Bill :-P.
-warner
On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
BTW -- I forgot to mention that if you are heavily into string and
text
processing it still pays to learn Icon, our locally-develope
On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
Like the one comment said on your web page: depends on your goals.
Actually they just asked why I would want to learn a new language at
all. Which quite honestly is not a good question, I feel that all
programmers should learn new languages
BTW -- I forgot to mention that if you are heavily into string and text
processing it still pays to learn Icon, our locally-developed language.
It's a now dated, but many of its pioneering features have influenced
the current crop of scripting languages (as acknowledged in their
documentation) and
Like the one comment said on your web page: depends on your goals.
Are you just trying to learn more about "synthetic language" (as opposed
to "natural language")? If so, Scheme, Scala, and Haskell all embody
some fascinating concepts in language typology.
My favorite: get a version of Scheme w
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