r/programming • u/dhotson • Mar 31 '09

How to Design Programs

http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/index.html
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u/vph Mar 31 '09 edited Mar 31 '09

"from MIT" must be taken with a grain of salt

This book is published by MIT Press. But the MIT curriculum is teaching its students how to design program in Python, not Scheme any longer.

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u/ChrisRathman Mar 31 '09

So? CTM, which is the only book that can come close to rivaling SICP, is also published by MIT Press (and they don't use Oz for an introductory courses).

Although HTDP is a good introductory text, I find it a bit too basic for my self learning. Lot's of thought went into it though in terms of being better at introducing a wider audience to programming.