<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16788" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Seen HtDP already?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Or learning scheme in fixnum days.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>There is a lot of stuff for free. Google a little bit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>This list takes questions of students and auto didacting people serious, so is my experience.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Welcome to this list (although I am just a plain subscriber of this list)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Dont't stick to one introduction only. I have good experience with reading several introductions in parallel (in IT and other studies)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Things depend on your goals, of course:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>- do you know any other programming language already?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>- what is your mathematical background?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>- Do you want to learn programming or to learn about theories on programming? May be both (as I would suggest)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>SICP is a great book, but whether or not it is a good starting point depends on your goals and foreknowledge.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Jos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=emekamicro@gmail.com href="mailto:emekamicro@gmail.com">Emeka</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=plt-scheme@list.cs.brown.edu href="mailto:plt-scheme@list.cs.brown.edu">plt-scheme@list.cs.brown.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 19, 2009 6:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [plt-scheme] New Here</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>All,<BR><BR>I would want to know where to start. I have the Drscheme and SICP. However, I guess I need more materials and links. <BR>I need all you support in order to up quick and kicking.<BR><BR>Thank you all.<BR><BR>Emeka<BR> <P> <HR> <P></P>_________________________________________________<BR>  For list-related administrative tasks:<BR>  <A href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme">http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>