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I'm 15 and after trying to learn several different kind of languages(all from BASIC to C) I've finally found one that seems good for a total beginner. Even thou
by klrr 14y ago
I'm 15 and after trying to learn several different kind of languages(all from BASIC to C) I've finally found one that seems good for a total beginner. Even though SICP is a quite advanced text for someone who ain't native english speaking nor being very good at math, I've found it as an excellent book which I highly recommend to other beginner's.
Whenever I don't understand something I read the last parts again and finally I understand it. I've also got some great help by the CHICKEN[1] community and by reading articles at Wikipedia if there's words and math I don't understand.
[1] CHICKEN is a R5RS Scheme implementation. http://call-cc.org/ http://call-cc.org/
- timClicks 14y agoI'm glad to hear the community has been really supportive of you :) I'm just wondering though, wouldn't Racket be a better choice for you? It seems to have more useful libraries built in.
- wging 14y agoWhat worked well for me when going through SCIP: the header #lang planet neil/sicp at the start of my .rkt files, after installing the corresponding package. See this link: http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket-sicp/ http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket-sicp/
- klrr 14y agoCHICKEN have a quite large set of libraries. I'll check out Racket though.