On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:33:19 +0200 Hugo Arts <hugo.yo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Tino Dai <obe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > LOL, it's actually on the list of things to do. And hear that one will > > become a > > better programmer once they learn LISP. > > > > I most certainly did. There are very few languages as conceptually > pure as this one. If you ever get it on the top of your list, check > out these links. [1] is the venerable book "structure and > interpretation of computer programs," commonly regarded as one of the > best introductory programming books ever written. It teaches scheme. > [2] is a set of excellent lectures of said book, by its writers. They > are very good teachers. > > [1] http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ > [2] http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ Thanks for the pointer, Hugo, did not know these lectures. If you do not know lisperati, you *must* follow the pointer, if only for the home page: http://lisperati.com/. Also, history of Lisp: http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/lisp/lisp.html Denis ________________________________ vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor