Re: Around again, and docs lead role

[Thamer Al-Harbash <tmh@whitefang.com>]

On Sat, 3 May 2003, Robert Uhl wrote:

> Well, most of them seem to either be print books (which cost dough):

Not always. The Prentice Hall book is available on-line in its entirety.

http://www.scheme.com/tspl2d/

It's about as good as the C K&R book. All one should need
initially.

> To be successful at
> that, it's useful to have a tutorial, particularly when the language is
> as odd as a Lisp dialect can seem as first.  Those unfamiliar with
> Scheme who happen upon Guile are likely to skip past, scared away by the
> parentheses and lack of a thorough introduction.

I propose placing a link from the guile page to an on-line copy
of the Prentice Hall book which is reproduced there with the
permission of the publisher.

-- 
Thamer Al-Harbash            http://www.whitefang.com/
	(if (> pressure too-much-pressure)
		'flame 'work)


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