Announcing the second edition of a Scheme-based introductory programming text:
Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science
Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright
The text is aimed at students who aren't yet ready for the rigors of
_Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_ (Abelson and
Sussman). Its audience is more like that of Touretzky's _Gentle
Introduction to Lisp_.
New in the second edition:
* The parts of the book dealing with higher-order functions
and recursion can now be used in either order, as the
instructor prefers. (We like to do higher-order functions
first, because we find that many students find recursion
difficult, but other instructors disagree.)
* Tree recursion on structured lists has been moved earlier,
into the Lists chapter, so the Trees chapter (which defines
an abstract data type for trees) is now optional.
* Plus small changes throughout the book to fix wording that
students found ambiguous.
Examination copies are available at the discretion of The MIT Press to
qualified instructors of appropriate courses. In order to process your
request we MUST have the following information:
Course title/enrollment/when offered/current text(s)/Mailing address
send U.S.A. and Canadian requests to ········@mit.edu
Outside U.S. and Canada send requests to ······@mit.edu
MIT Press books are availabe at bookstores or directly from the publisher.
For orders in the US: ···············@mit.edu
Call toll free: 1-800-356-0343 or (617) 625-8569. Or write The MIT Press
Five Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142-1493, U.S.A.
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I saw you book (the 1st edition) in a bookshop and had the library of the
university in my hometown order a compy of the 2nd edition.
Please tell me: Do you think that the content is suitable for 16 years old
high school students or du you regard it too abstract for this group of
students?
Janos Blazi
Germany
Brian Harvey <··@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
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> Announcing the second edition of a Scheme-based introductory programming
text:
>
> Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science
> Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright
>
> The text is aimed at students who aren't yet ready for the rigors of
> _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_ (Abelson and
> Sussman). Its audience is more like that of Touretzky's _Gentle
> Introduction to Lisp_.
>
> New in the second edition:
>
> * The parts of the book dealing with higher-order functions
> and recursion can now be used in either order, as the
> instructor prefers. (We like to do higher-order functions
> first, because we find that many students find recursion
> difficult, but other instructors disagree.)
>
> * Tree recursion on structured lists has been moved earlier,
> into the Lists chapter, so the Trees chapter (which defines
> an abstract data type for trees) is now optional.
>
> * Plus small changes throughout the book to fix wording that
> students found ambiguous.
>
>
> Examination copies are available at the discretion of The MIT Press to
> qualified instructors of appropriate courses. In order to process your
> request we MUST have the following information:
>
> Course title/enrollment/when offered/current text(s)/Mailing address
>
> send U.S.A. and Canadian requests to ········@mit.edu
> Outside U.S. and Canada send requests to ······@mit.edu
>
> MIT Press books are availabe at bookstores or directly from the publisher.
>
> For orders in the US: ···············@mit.edu
>
> Call toll free: 1-800-356-0343 or (617) 625-8569. Or write The MIT Press
> Five Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142-1493, U.S.A.
>
> For inquiries: ··················@mit.edu