内容简介
"drawingsbyDuaneBibby"forewordbyGeraldJ.SussmanThenotionthat"thinkingaboutcomputingisoneofthemostexcitingthingsthehumanmindcando"setsboth"TheLittleSchemer"(formerlyknownas"TheLittleLISPer")anditsnewcompanionvolume,"TheSeasonedSchemer,"apartfromotherbooksonLISP.Theauthors'enthusiasmfortheirsubjectiscompellingastheypresentabstractconceptsinahumorousandeasy-to-graspfashion.Together,thesebookswillopennewdoorsofthoughttoanyonewhowantstofindoutwhatcomputingisreallyabout."TheLittleSchemer"introducescomputingasanextensionofarithmeticandalgebra--thingsthateveryonestudiesingradeschoolandhighschool.Itintroducesprogramsasrecursivefunctionsandbrieflydiscussesthelimitsofwhatcomputerscando.TheauthorsusetheprogramminglanguageScheme,andinterestingfoodstoillustratetheseabstractideas."TheSeasonedSchemer"informsthereaderaboutadditionaldimensionsofcomputing:functionsasvalues,changeofstate,andexceptionalcases."TheLittleLISPer"hasbeenapopularintroductiontoLISPformanyyears.IthadappearedinFrenchandJapanese."TheLittleSchemer"and"TheSeasonedSchemer"areworthysuccessorsandwillproveequallypopularastextbooksforSchemecoursesaswellascompaniontextsforanycompleteintroductorycourseinComputerScience.
作者简介
DanielP.FriedmanisProfessorofComputerScienceatIndianaUniversityandcoauthorofTheLittleSchemer(fourthedition),TheReasonedSchemer,TheSeasonedSchemer,andEssentialsofProgrammingLanguages(thirdedition),allpublishedbytheMITPress.MatthiasFelleisenisTrusteeProfessorofComputerScienceatNortheasternUniversity,recipientoftheKarlV.KarlstromOutstandingEducatorAward,andco-author(withDanielFriedman)ofTheLittleSchemerandthreeother"Little"bookspublishedbytheMITPress.,,,,,