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Douglas Crockford's review of The Little Schemer
- mbubb 16y agoNice review - I made the mistake of reading the 1 star reviews for the same book. Incredibly irritating. A book with goofy elephants, jelly stains and a ludic Socratic exposition is not everyone's cup of tea - I get that. But the fact that this book is read, reissued and somewhat relevant more than 30 yrs after its original writing deserves some consideration. I think the most striking thing about this book is that it does not in any way require you to turn on the computer. It is a good exercise in this regard. I first read this a few years back and immediately thought that if I had to teach someone from scratch about programming I would use this first...
- swannodette 16y ago> I think the most striking thing about this book is that it does not in any way require you to turn on the computer YES! I love this about this series. If you're looking for something more challenging along these lines I can't recommend The Reasoned Schemer enough.
- spacemanaki 16y agoAlso be sure to check out The Little JavaScripter if you haven't already seen it: http://www.crockford.com/javascript/little.html http://www.crockford.com/javascript/little.html It's an extension of this review and includes a toy Scheme REPL written in JS.
- grinnbearit 16y agoHere's a scratchpad for the little schemer in Clojure I created while working through the book. I hope it helps anyone interested in reading it. https://github.com/grinnbearit/theoretical-clojure/blob/master/src/the_little_schemer.clj https://github.com/grinnbearit/theoretical-clojure/blob/mast...