The Schematics of Computation

by Vincent Manis and James J. Little

Book Overview

Intended for courses in Introductory Computer Science using Scheme or Introductions to Scheme Programming, this text explores common programming paradigms (functional, imperative, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138342849
• ISBN13: 9780138342845
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

excellent text, however, needs some updating

I like this text very much. I originally used it as a text for an upper level undergraduate course on programming languages. I still occasioanlly refer back to it as I feel that it introduces several concepts in a very accessible way suitable for those looking for a foundation to do advanced work in computer science. I do feel, however, that the book is sadly getting a bit dated. I would update the historical notes to be more relevant to current readers and also I would make the book's reference implementation of scheme to be one of the major scheme distributions such as chez or plt .