From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thamer Al-Harbash Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Around again, and docs lead role Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 19:15:04 -0400 (EDT) Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3E92E1B40021F4D7@pop3.tiscalinet.es> <20030503113403.GC5407@www> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052003841 29866 80.91.224.249 (3 May 2003 23:17:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 23:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 04 01:17:20 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19C6Fs-0007lP-00 for ; Sun, 04 May 2003 01:17:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19C6Ea-00088i-03 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2003 19:16:00 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19C6Dh-00080G-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2003 19:15:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19C6DT-0007QG-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2003 19:14:52 -0400 Original-Received: from helena.whitefang.com ([216.254.175.50]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19C6DR-0007DL-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2003 19:14:50 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 29721 invoked from network); 3 May 2003 23:15:05 -0000 Original-Received: from helena.whitefang.com (216.254.175.50) by 0 with SMTP; 3 May 2003 23:15:05 -0000 X-X-Sender: shadows@helena.whitefang.com Original-To: guile-user@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:1895 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:1895 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) _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user