Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days
by Dorai Sitaram
2004
Description:
This is an introduction to the Scheme programming language. It is intended as a quick-start guide, something a novice can use to get a non-trivial working knowledge of the language, before moving on to more comprehensive and in-depth texts.
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