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looking for a scheme book on cheme! the ebook!
I'm an adult learner who is starting his studies of computer science, having recently discovered the joys of the subject & scheme as a tool for that study. I am looking for a book that the name is <<Exploring Computer Science with Scheme>>. Does anybody know the ebook web link?this is my email: conquer@yahoo.com.cn. If you have this ebook ,please send me a copy. thanks in a advance !!
<conquer @gmail.com> wrote in message news:1175584039.855931.229980@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > I'm an adult learner who is starting his studies of computer science, > having recently discovered the joys of the subject & scheme as a > tool for that study. > I am looking for a book that the name is <<Exploring Computer > Science with Scheme>>. Does anybody know the ebook web link?this is my > email: conquer @yahoo.com.cn. If you have this ebook ,please send > me a copy. Hi, I'm trying to learn Scheme as well. I'm uncertain about why you asked for this reference here when you could google it or ask your lecturer. Aside from that, I am unsure whether such a reference would do you much good anyway. I have a couple of Scheme references - as recommended in my course - and to be honest, I have not found them especially helpful at all. I can program in Delphi and there are a slew of great references around that I can use readily. But with Scheme, it seems you really need to get the fundamentals of problem solving down very well before you can do much more than tinker around. For example, how would you go about calculating the factorial of a number (the process) making sure to check for special cases like a zero or negative? If you can't answer this in your own language (mine is English) then there is little point trying to write any code in Scheme. I'm not having a go at you, just sharing my own experience. This site (and a few others) are my single best resource (aside from frequent emails to my lecturer) on problem solving and then programming. If I can't do the first well I have no chance with the second. Look at a variety of posts (there are others in your position too) and see what people ask and what sort of replies they receive. I am learning a great deal just from this alone. Personally, trying to use Scheme has been humbling because it showed just how poorly I understood the problem solving process. I'm still trying my best though ... Good luck with your studies! Mike
thank you very much! i'll try my best!
<conquer @gmail.com> wrote: > I'm an adult learner who is starting his studies of computer science, > having recently discovered the joys of the subject & scheme as a > tool for that study. > I am looking for a book that the name is <<Exploring Computer > Science with Scheme>>. Does anybody know the ebook web link?this is my > email: conquer @yahoo.com.cn. If you have this ebook ,please send > me a copy. > thanks in a advance > !!
You might also be interested in this book: http://www.htdp.org/2003-09-26/Book/ Here is a little bit of information on this book from one of the four authors http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/research.html
"Marlene Miller" <marlenemil @worldnet.att.net> writes: > <conquer @gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm an adult learner who is starting his studies of computer science, > > having recently discovered the joys of the subject & scheme as a > > tool for that study. > > I am looking for a book that the name is <<Exploring Computer > > Science with Scheme>>. Does anybody know the ebook web link?this is my > > email: conquer @yahoo.com.cn. If you have this ebook ,please send > > me a copy. > > thanks in a advance > > !! > You might also be interested in this book: > http://www.htdp.org/2003-09-26/Book/ > Here is a little bit of information on this book from one of the four > authors http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/research.html
Although it is true that he might be interested in both books, they are very different. The titles actually give this away -- Grillmeyer's book tries to cover quite a bit more of computer science than just programming, whereas HTDP really is focused on How To Design Programs. As to the original poster's question about where to get Grillmeyer's book in ebook form -- I notice that Amazon lists the ebook (as well as the harcopy).
Mike writes: > I'm trying to learn Scheme as well. I'm uncertain about why you asked for > this reference here when you could google it or ask your lecturer. Aside > from that, I am unsure whether such a reference would do you much good > anyway.
Mike, I've seen your postings here and I think you would benefit a lot from reading "The Little Schemer". Its focus is on developing *methodical* ways to solve different kinds of problem using recursion, so that you get pretty fast past "guess-work". It's a light book, written in an unconventional but captivating way (Q&A dialogues). -- Emlio C. Lopes Ich leb und wei nit wie lang, Munich, Germany ich stirb und wei nit wann, ich fahr und wei nit wohin, (Martinus von Biberach) mich wundert, dass ich frhlich bin!
Thanks Emilio, I have seen it (Google) and will be getting my grubby hands on a copy ASAP. Now that I've been tinkering with the language a bit, I seem to be reasonably OK (for my level) applying it. I'm working at improving my problem solving skills - Scheme appears to be a good fit in this regard. I have developed a few applications using DELPHI / INTERBASE and thought it would be very useful to revisit that work to see how I would go using Scheme. If the book does what you say then that is precisely what I want :) BTW - you don't know how much I appreciate the time that you (everyone) give to people like me. It is invaluable. Kindest regards, Mike "Emilio Lopes" <e @gmx.net> wrote in message news:ayodm0ujpj.fsf@freenet.de...
> Mike writes: >> I'm trying to learn Scheme as well. I'm uncertain about why you asked >> for >> this reference here when you could google it or ask your lecturer. Aside >> from that, I am unsure whether such a reference would do you much good >> anyway. > Mike, I've seen your postings here and I think you would benefit a lot > from > reading "The Little Schemer". Its focus is on developing *methodical* > ways > to solve different kinds of problem using recursion, so that you get > pretty > fast past "guess-work". It's a light book, written in an unconventional > but captivating way (Q&A dialogues). > -- > Emlio C. Lopes Ich leb und wei nit wie lang, > Munich, Germany ich stirb und wei nit wann, > ich fahr und wei nit wohin, > (Martinus von Biberach) mich wundert, dass ich frhlich > bin!
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