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[216.165.229.229]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p73-v6sm7590095pfa.142.2018.06.20.16.47.07 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:47:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22e X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-user" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:14636 Archived-At: On 06/20/2018 07:55 AM, Thompson, David wrote [regarding "The Little Schemer"]: > It's repetitive but honestly I found that the comedic writing made the > exercises very entertaining. I was rarely bored. I don't play the > piano, but I do play drums, and the equivalent to Hanon's finger > exercises is an old book called Stick Control, which is definitely in > the boring as hell category! I'm glad that Lisp beginners have > something more fun available. :) And on this topic, I'm currently reading 'The Reasoned Schemer,' written in the same style.   The style gets the stuff into my head w/o resorting to trying out problems on the computer (yet). I have also read Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs The Scheme Programming Language Matt