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> a healthy dose of Hennessy's book Most any CS book seems to have been written in C, Java, C++ and lately, Python. Are there books on computer architecture,

by allbody 11y ago

> a healthy dose of Hennessy's book Most any CS book seems to have been written in C, Java, C++ and lately, Python. Are there books on computer architecture, algorithms, compilers, whatever written in Scheme?

Tomte 11y ago
I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you interested in finding such a book? Do you try to refute any of my points? If so, which one?
- allbody 11y ago
  I am not refuting. I was actually asking if there are CS books written in Lisp. Almost any CS book I've seen relies on C, C++ or something along those lines. > Are you interested in finding such a book? Yes.
  - Tomte 11y ago
    Ah, okay. Off the top of my head, only Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. But that's... different. And Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming.
  - ratboy666 11y ago
    Start with "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs". Google it -- it's freely available on-line, along with a video lecture series. It's different, in that it doesn't teach Scheme (Lisp). It teaches computation (aka CS). Go from there.
dragonwriter 11y ago
> Most any CS book seems to have been written in C, Java, C++ and lately, Python. There are plenty of CS books where the code targets Scheme, another Lisp, or another functional language (e.g., ML or Haskell.)
mbrubeck 11y ago
University textbooks with Scheme/Racket as a primary language for examples/exercises: - Structure and Intepretation of Computer Programs (SICP), used for decades in MIT’s introductory CS course: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ - Picturing Programs: http://picturingprograms.com/ http://picturingprograms.com/ - How To Design Programs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Design_Programs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Design_Programs - Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation: http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/2007-04-26/ http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/2007-04...

by allbody 11y ago

Tomte 11y ago

I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you interested in finding such a book? Do you try to refute any of my points? If so, which one?

allbody 11y ago
I am not refuting. I was actually asking if there are CS books written in Lisp. Almost any CS book I've seen relies on C, C++ or something along those lines. > Are you interested in finding such a book? Yes.
- Tomte 11y ago
  Ah, okay. Off the top of my head, only Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. But that's... different. And Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming.
- ratboy666 11y ago
  Start with "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs". Google it -- it's freely available on-line, along with a video lecture series. It's different, in that it doesn't teach Scheme (Lisp). It teaches computation (aka CS). Go from there.

dragonwriter 11y ago

> Most any CS book seems to have been written in C, Java, C++ and lately, Python. There are plenty of CS books where the code targets Scheme, another Lisp, or another functional language (e.g., ML or Haskell.)

mbrubeck 11y ago

University textbooks with Scheme/Racket as a primary language for examples/exercises: - Structure and Intepretation of Computer Programs (SICP), used for decades in MIT’s introductory CS course: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ - Picturing Programs: http://picturingprograms.com/ http://picturingprograms.com/ - How To Design Programs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Design_Programs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Design_Programs - Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation: http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/2007-04-26/ http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/2007-04...