[Tutor] General Programming Question

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> > For learning scheme, you might consider the book:
> > 
> > "Structure and Interpretationof Computer Programs" by Harold 
> > Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman and Julie Sussman.
> 
> Having just finished it I'll second the motion. Its a very good 
> book that anyone intertested on programming should read. However 
> it does tend to suffer(like many Lisp books) from the "When all 
> you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail" approach 
> to life. Recursion is all - other loop constructs are not mentioned.

Having sent this prematurely due to finger trouble I'll add the line 
I meant to type:

> to life. Recursion is all - other loop constructs are not mentioned.

Despite the fact that Lisp does support other more conventional 
loop contructs.

sorry,

Alan G.

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