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The Scheme Programming Language, fourth edition
Scheme is a general-purpose programming language, descended from Algol and Lisp, widely used in computing education and research and a broad range of industrial applications. This thoroughly updated edition of The Scheme Programming Language provides an introduction to Scheme and a definitive reference for standard Scheme, presented in a clear and concise manner. Written for professionals and students with some prior programming experience, it begins by leading the programmer gently through the basics of Scheme and continues with an introduction to some of the more advanced features of the language.
The fourth edition has been substantially revised and expanded to bring the content up to date with the current Scheme standard, the Revised6 Report on Scheme. All parts of the book were updated and three new chapters were added, covering the language's new library, exception handling, and record-definition features.
The book offers three chapters of introductory material with numerous examples, eight chapters of reference material, and one chapter of extended examples and additional exercises. All of the examples can be entered directly from the keyboard into an interactive Scheme session. Answers to many of the exercises, a complete formal syntax of Scheme, and a summary of forms and procedures are provided in appendixes.
The Scheme Programming Language is the only book available that serves both as an introductory text in a variety of courses and as an essential reference for Scheme programmers.
The fourth edition has been substantially revised and expanded to bring the content up to date with the current Scheme standard, the Revised6 Report on Scheme. All parts of the book were updated and three new chapters were added, covering the language's new library, exception handling, and record-definition features.
The book offers three chapters of introductory material with numerous examples, eight chapters of reference material, and one chapter of extended examples and additional exercises. All of the examples can be entered directly from the keyboard into an interactive Scheme session. Answers to many of the exercises, a complete formal syntax of Scheme, and a summary of forms and procedures are provided in appendixes.
The Scheme Programming Language is the only book available that serves both as an introductory text in a variety of courses and as an essential reference for Scheme programmers.
504 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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June 26, 2008
As its title indicates, The Scheme Programming Language is to the ANSI Scheme programming language what The C Programming Language is to ANSI C. I leaned on Dybvig's reference heavily when I implemented an ANSI Scheme interpreter as part of an intermediate programming course in C++. It was indispensable, clarifying language subtleties for me repeatedly. When I later implemented basic neural networks in Scheme for another course, I once again found The Scheme Programming Language a tremendous resource. Any changes to ANSI Scheme that may have occurred since 1997 notwithstanding, I highly recommend this book.
January 14, 2018
Some great reference books do a good job of also being an introduction to complex parts. This book is just a good reference book.
September 6, 2018
Paul Graham ví học LISP/Scheme hiểu về programming như học chữ Hy-La để đọc cổ văn vậy
anw, cuốn này tưởng chỉ là ref book nhưng thấy nhiều thứ hay ho vãi
anw, cuốn này tưởng chỉ là ref book nhưng thấy nhiều thứ hay ho vãi
November 1, 2016
Good reference. This book is more like a reference manual actually. Some of the extended examples are interesting.
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