* short question about books @ 2010-09-17 14:28 anoglad 2010-09-17 21:40 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: anoglad @ 2010-09-17 14:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: guile-user Hi awesome hackers, i'm a noob. Which book is better for learning programming? * SICP http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ * How to Design Programs http://htdp.org/2003-09-26/ * anything else thank you very much ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: short question about books 2010-09-17 14:28 short question about books anoglad @ 2010-09-17 21:40 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon 2010-09-18 6:15 ` rixed 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2010-09-17 21:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: guile-user anoglad@gmx.at writes: > Hi awesome hackers, > > i'm a noob. Which book is better for learning programming? > > * SICP http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ > * How to Design Programs http://htdp.org/2003-09-26/ > * anything else Read both, in this order: 1. How to Design Programs http://htdp.org/2003-09-26/ 2. SICP http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ If you should read only one, then only SICP (and watch the videos). -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: short question about books 2010-09-17 21:40 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2010-09-18 6:15 ` rixed 2010-09-18 13:44 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: rixed @ 2010-09-18 6:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Pascal J. Bourguignon; +Cc: guile-user > If you should read only one, then only SICP (and watch the videos). Out of curiousity, what's interresting about the videos ? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: short question about books 2010-09-18 6:15 ` rixed @ 2010-09-18 13:44 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2010-09-18 13:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: rixed; +Cc: guile-user rixed@happyleptic.org writes: >> If you should read only one, then only SICP (and watch the videos). > > Out of curiousity, what's interresting about the videos ? It's easier to watch them than to read the book ;-) Multi-channel is better for learning. Reading the book is nice for the symbolic brain, watching the video is better for the neural network. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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