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- :title "The Little Schemer"
- :date (make-date* 2013 08 11)
- :tags '("scheme" "books" "wsu")
- :summary "I bought “The Little Schemer”"
-
- (p [Yesterday, I took a trip to the MIT Press Bookstore and picked up
-a copy of
-,(anchor [The Little Schemer] "http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/little-schemer").
-I’ve only spent a few hours reading and coding along with it, but I’ve
-had a lot of fun. The following is a mini-review based on my
-experience thus far.])
-
- (p [“The Little Schemer” teaches you to think recursively using an
-interesting and comedic writing style and the Scheme programming
-language.  While Scheme is the language of choice, the real goal is to
-teach you problem solving rather than the details of a specific
-language.  The book starts off simple, explaining what atoms, lists,
-and s-expressions are.  Rather than providing the definition and then
-showing examples, it first gives examples in the form of a question
-and answer.])
-
- (p [Example:])
-
- (blockquote
-    (p [Is it true that this an atom?])
-    (p (strong [atom]))
-    (p [Yes, because ,(strong [atom]) is a string of characters
-beginning with a letter.]))
-
- (p [From the examples given, a definition is created. In later
-examples, a Scheme procedure is written that produces the correct
-answers for all of the questions stated before it.  It’s fun to build
-the procedure, verify that it works for all cases, and compare your
-implementation with the book’s.])
-
- (p [“The Little Schemer” defines ten commandments that are essential
-to correctly solving the problems in the book.  Some commandments are
-first given in an incomplete form, and expanded later when a greater
-level of understanding has been achieved.  The problems that you solve
-reinforce the commandments.  You might notice that you start writing
-procedures without thinking much about it, much like the muscle memory
-earned from using Emacs a lot.  Gerald J. Sussman was right when he
-said that this book “can perform the same service that Hanon’s finger
-exercises or Czerny’s piano studies perform for the student of the
-piano.”  I have no idea who Hanon and Czerny are, but I get it. For
-the drummers out there, you could liken this book to
-,(anchor [Stick Control]
-         "http://www.amazon.com/Stick-Control-For-Snare-Drummer/dp/1892764040").])
-
- (p [The writing style is very informal, comedic, and food themed.
-Page 13 has a space reserved for jelly stains, and page 52 tells you
-to “go cons a piece of cake onto your mouth.”  I have laughed a number
-of times while reading.  Oh, and let’s not forget about the cute
-elephant drawings.  This is definitely not your average boring, dry
-computer science book.  If you are interested in a unique and
-enjoyable learning experience, then I highly recommend reading “The
-Little Schemer”.]))