am i the only one for which programming language textbooks, papers, blog posts, etc. in racket are really hard to follow? the fact that the languages that is being operated on often looks exactly like racket makes it really hard to separate the two if i wanted to follow the tutorials in any other language.
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, 3rd Ed
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#12lexi lambda of "Parse, Don't validate" fame has compared this favourably with SICP (https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/a/7481).
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#13[Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation]( https://www.plai.org/ ) From the preface; > I have also written this book with working programmers in mind. Many of them may have not had a formal computer science education, or at least one that included a proper introduction to programming languages. At some point, like that 90% of students, some of them become curious about the media they use. I want this bo…
Maintainer of the interesting language pyret.
To be accurate, Pyret is a collaboration (primarily) with Joe Politz and Ben Lerner and they deserve most of the credit for it.
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#14am i the only one for which programming language textbooks, papers, blog posts, etc. in racket are really hard to follow? the fact that the languages that is being operated on often looks exactly like racket makes it really hard to separate the two if i wanted to follow the tutorials in any other language.
If you look at the book, you'll see that is not what it does, and for this reason.
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#15Does anyone have suggestions with where to find more exercises? I notice the book pdf has like ~38 total, but was curious where one would find more.
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#16Great work. Sorry side track totally. as part of my degree is under a Chicago School professor, who I respect but still his work find puzzling. Can this be a counter-example … just like many others open source project. The problem of public good i.e. those unlike fish cannot be eaten. He went on to do work on trademark, copyright and patent. Well copyright is what open source rely upon he would say. But what is the i…
I'm afraid I don't really understand this question. I am interpreting it as, "Why is the author giving it away for free instead of charging money for it". If that is not what you meant to ask, sorry!
Anyway, if that is what you meant to ask: Well, I'm the author, so my answer may have some substance (-:.
I have a good job and it pays me to have impact. I can have much more impact by giving away the book to people interested in learning. [º]
[º] This is not 100% true. Over the years, people have told me they value a book more if it costs something. I am not looking to please them.
In particular, I grew up in India and we could not afford fancy (but great) Western textbooks. If there's a student like me right now (whether in India or Indiana) who wants to learn from my book but for whom its cost is an obstacle, that would make me very sad. That's why all the books I have (co-)authored have been available for free.
On the first edition's site [https://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/2007-0...] you can see the different models by which I have made the book available. They have netted me some modest revenue. But there's always a free option.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting in what sense? Language outline at https://www.pyret.org/docs/latest/A_Tour_of_Pyret.html
one of the best thought-out syntaxes i have seen in a programming language, for one.
Ok maybe I'm a weird type, but I got really excited when the first thing they teach you is how to write a test/assertion.
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#19An incredible project. Your motivations resonate with me. Thanks for sharing.
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#20Great work. Sorry side track totally. as part of my degree is under a Chicago School professor, who I respect but still his work find puzzling. Can this be a counter-example … just like many others open source project. The problem of public good i.e. those unlike fish cannot be eaten. He went on to do work on trademark, copyright and patent. Well copyright is what open source rely upon he would say. But what is the i…
Imagine if he sold the book to raise money for a charity that publishes books for free.