Just for an alternate opinion: I find programming books relatively valueless. Just start reading code and programming. Google when you don't understand a piec

Just for an alternate opinion: I find programming books relatively valueless. Just start reading code and programming. Google when you don't understand a piece of code. Approximately how to get started on an Ubuntu system: $ sudo apt-get install mzscheme $ mzscheme > (print "hello world") Then Google for increasingly complex programs.