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> A smart eight grader can learn scheme and be productive in an afternoon. With all due respect "I hae ma doots" - show me such a beast as this eight grader. (

> A smart eight grader can learn scheme and be productive in an afternoon. With all due respect "I hae ma doots" - show me such a beast as this eight grader. (as a non-American I don't even know what an eight grader is? a 14 year old, a 12 year old?) > PLT scheme literature and/or Abelson and Sussman's SICP work This is at the heart of the problem with Lisp in my mind. I am working on eLisp and I am getting advice to make it like Common Lisp (require 'cl) and read Scheme books. I don't know what eLisp looks like. I don't know how different the various dialects of Lisp are from each other. The Chassels tutorial clearly helps the non-Lisper to write working eLisp in Emacs (and sections are referenced throughout all the existing lessons in Additional Reading) but adding more Lisp dialects into the mix at this stage isn't helping.

bitdiddle 16y ago
"With all due respect "I hae ma doots" - show me such a beast as this eight grader. (as a non-American I don't even know what an eight grader is? a 14 year old, a 12 year old?)" I'm referring to the teach scheme[1] project of Felleisen et. al. "I don't know what eLisp looks like. I don't know how different the various dialects of Lisp are from each other." I see, sorry, I misunderstood. So you're learning elisp by writing a book. Great idea, truly, I always found teaching a subject a good way to learn it better. Writing a book is also good for that. All the best and happy new year! [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeachScheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeachScheme!