[plt-scheme] Can I read HTDP offline?

From: Karl Winterling (kwinterling at gmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 19 12:57:52 EST 2009

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Karl Winterling <kwinterling at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can get a PDF versions of _Concrete Abstractions: Exploring
> Computer Science Using Scheme_ at
> http://gustavus.edu/+max/concrete-abstractions.html and _Simply
> Scheme_ at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ss-toc2.html
>
> Both of these textbooks are good introductions to functional
> programming and don't assume you're a total math geek (HTDP is good
> also). For _Concrete Abstractions_, choose the ``Pretty Big'' language
> level and everything should work except for graphics. For _Simply
> Scheme_ (full disclosure: I know Brian Harvey personally and I learned
> to program with this book), Danny Yoo wrote a DrScheme language level
> with correct primitives that's in the planet repository.
>
> If, on the other hand, you are a math geek (or you enjoy pain, or
> whatever) get Neil Van Dyke's texinfo version of SICP and use sicp.plt
>
> ---Karl
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Ricardo
> <ricardo.soaresdelima at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi there! I'm going to stay offline this end of year and I want to
>> look into functional programming. I've got the DrScheme Installed and
>> I want to read the htdp book. Can I read this book on my laptop? It
>> this is possible, how can I do that?
>> Thanks and happy end of year to you!
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