The Little Lisper: Second Edition
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Before functional programming became a cornerstone of modern software development, The Little LISPer introduced a generation of programmers to the elegance and power of recursive thinking through the LISP language. Structured as a unique Socratic dialogue — a series of questions and answers — the book guides the reader through increasingly complex programming concepts, from basic list operations to the construction of interpreters, building intuition rather than simply imparting syntax. Authored by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen, both of Indiana University, this Second Edition cements its reputation as a landmark pedagogical text in computer science. Its famous Ten Commandments and Five Rules distil the essence of recursive programming into memorable, actionable principles that resonate long after the final page. Deceptively simple in its presentation yet profound in its implications, it challenges the reader to ask: if a machine can teach itself to think, what does that mean for how we think about thinking itself?
Author: Daniel P. Friedman And Matthias Felleisen
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986, SRA (Science Research Associates)
Genre: Science
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Before functional programming became a cornerstone of modern software development, The Little LISPer introduced a generation of programmers to the elegance and power of recursive thinking through the LISP language. Structured as a unique Socratic dialogue — a series of questions and answers — the book guides the reader through increasingly complex programming concepts, from basic list operations to the construction of interpreters, building intuition rather than simply imparting syntax. Authored by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen, both of Indiana University, this Second Edition cements its reputation as a landmark pedagogical text in computer science. Its famous Ten Commandments and Five Rules distil the essence of recursive programming into memorable, actionable principles that resonate long after the final page. Deceptively simple in its presentation yet profound in its implications, it challenges the reader to ask: if a machine can teach itself to think, what does that mean for how we think about thinking itself?