Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, 3rd Ed

Post by j33zusjuice » Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 5:29 PM UTC

skrishnamurthi wrote: post #16

ngcc_hk wrote: post #4

Great 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 int…

Post by skrishnamurthi » Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 7:38 PM UTC

naasking wrote: post #28

ngcc_hk wrote: post #4

Great 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…

> The question as normal here: why not say sell it and give the money to something you like, like charity. Giving away the book is a charitable donation to the entire software industry. That is giving his money away to something he likes.

Post by trenchgun » Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 6:25 PM UTC

skrishnamurthi wrote: post #27

trenchgun wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does SICP offer that this book does not?

SICP is mainly a book about how to structure systems. It also tells you how languages work, but in far less detail. PLAI (this book) teaches you how languages work. It also tells you a bit about how to structure systems, but that is not its goal. In part that is not a goal because of the existence of books like SICP and, increasingly, DCIC [ https://dcic-world.org/ ].