SICP Study Group, July 12, 2014
A couple of us met today to check in about progress on the SICP book. Here are links to some of the topics discussed:
Emacs has a Prelude version for new users, which looks interesting:
Write iOS apps in Scheme by compiling to C first:
http://jlongster.com/s/jlongster-old/pages/blog/write-apps-iphone-scheme.html
The “Janki method” is worth checking out — I started with Scheme by going through Anki flashcards:
http://www.oxbridgenotes.co.uk/articles/jankimethodrefined
GIMP’s main scripting language is Scheme:
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Scheme/
Here is another book on Scheme called Simply Scheme:
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ss-toc2.html
I also found this page useful:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/documentation/mit-scheme-user/GNU-Emacs-Interface.html