Scheme Programming Language :: Ann: Sketchy LISP, Second Edition


	Ann: Sketchy LISP, Second Edition I have just finished the second edition of Sketchy LISP, an introduction-level book about functional programming in Scheme. The second edition features - two new sections covering macros and quasi quotation; - a quick reference; - streamlined prose; - several corrections and additions. The full text of the book is online. You can read it here: http://www.t3x.org/sketchy/vol1/ Thank you for your interest. -- Nils M Holm <n m h @ t 3 x . o r g> -- http://t3x.org/nmh/ In article <f2q522$9n@online.de>, Nils M Holm <before-2007-07@online.de> wrote: > I have just finished the second edition of Sketchy LISP, > an introduction-level book about functional programming > in Scheme. > The second edition features > - two new sections covering macros and quasi quotation; > - a quick reference; > - streamlined prose; > - several corrections and additions. > The full text of the book is online. You can read it here: > http://www.t3x.org/sketchy/vol1/ > Thank you for your interest. I like the idea of publishing on demand and via the net. Nicely done. Though I find the book lacks a 'Leitbeispiel' which can be used in the various smaller examples throughout the book and which could be used in a little larger example in a dedicated chapter. You describe a lot of pieces, but not how they fit together in a somewhat larger/realistic example. My few cents... Regards, Rainer Joswig -- http://lispm.dyndns.org Thanks for the free ebook Nils. - Timmy Jose. On May 20, 11:46 pm, Nils M Holm <before-2007-07@online.de> wrote: - Hide quoted text - > I have just finished the second edition of Sketchy LISP, > an introduction-level book about functional programming > in Scheme. > The second edition features > - two new sections covering macros and quasi quotation; > - a quick reference; > - streamlined prose; > - several corrections and additions. > The full text of the book is online. You can read it here: > http://www.t3x.org/sketchy/vol1/ > Thank you for your interest. > -- > Nils M Holm <n m h @ t 3 x . o r g> --http://t3x.org/nmh/ On May 20, 1:46 pm, Nils M Holm <before-2007-07@online.de> wrote: > I have just finished the second edition of Sketchy LISP, > an introduction-level book about functional programming > in Scheme. This is a really nice piece of work Nils. Thanks for your work! Ed Rainer Joswig <jos@lisp.de> wrote: > Though I find the book lacks a 'Leitbeispiel' > which can be used in the various smaller > examples throughout the book and which could be used in > a little larger example in a dedicated chapter. > You describe a lot of pieces, but not how they fit together > in a somewhat larger/realistic example. Good point. I guess I thought that a more elaborate example would not be so important in a brief introduction, but maybe you are right. I guess I could port my M-expression->S-expression compiler to Scheme. Would that count as a major example? Any other ideas anyone? Anyway, I will keep the idea in mind for the next edition. -- Nils M Holm <n m h @ t 3 x . o r g> -- http://t3x.org/nmh/ The name was comfusing, "Sketchy LISP" in Scheme. I thout it was about LISP, no big deal but very comfusing. // Anders - Hide quoted text - > The second edition features > - two new sections covering macros and quasi quotation; > - a quick reference; > - streamlined prose; > - several corrections and additions. > The full text of the book is online. You can read it here: > http://www.t3x.org/sketchy/vol1/ > Thank you for your interest. > -- > Nils M Holm <n m h @ t 3 x . o r g> --http://t3x.org/nmh/ Argh! I only just bought the hard copy last week, Now I'll have to buy it again! (Good job it's cheap ;-) Tom (Nils M Holm wrote: - Hide quoted text - > I have just finished the second edition of Sketchy LISP, > an introduction-level book about functional programming > in Scheme. > The second edition features > - two new sections covering macros and quasi quotation; > - a quick reference; > - streamlined prose; > - several corrections and additions. > The full text of the book is online. You can read it here: > http://www.t3x.org/sketchy/vol1/ > Thank you for your interest.