[plt-scheme] 2 books

I have - see the type-of-language thread :-)


Am 11.12.2009 um 16:32 schrieb Matthias Felleisen:

> 
> Read PLAI first.
> 
> On Dec 11, 2009, at 9:55 AM, keydana at gmx.de wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> 
>> the "one eyed man" thread reminded me of a question I'd wanted to ask for some time - I'd very much like to know your
>> opinions on two books which I thought might be "authoritative", but have not yet seen mentioned on this list (well, I could
>> have missed it of course):
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Design-Concepts-Programming-Languages-Franklyn/dp/0262201755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1260542775&sr=8-1
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Techniques-Models-Computer-Programming/dp/0262220695/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1260542477&sr=8-1
>> 
>> 
>> I've bought both of them, but have not touched the second yet (because this would take quite some time to read). Regarding the first one, I read the first 200 pages or so
>> but had problems understanding, so I decided to read PLAI first and perhaps come back to it later.
>> 
>> I'd like to know what you think of these books?
>> 
>> Thanks for any replies,
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