X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=index.mdwn;h=49a4c445d6019c92bff23ca1975ecd3143e518ef;hp=e5431d7e5f9e6567e51857a951c35b1d42115635;hb=ae03e4628c9ed54b46b84fa7dc2652a09c9294f5;hpb=41fc6988f4884de2c9fe4655be38730ffc882c19;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index e5431d7e..49a4c445 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Some programming resources: Books: - *The little schemer*, by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen, currently $23 on [Amazon] -(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262560992/ref=pd_sim_books/103-5471398-9229403#reader_0262560992). + *The Little Schemer*, by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen, currently $23 on [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262560992/ref=pd_sim_books/103-5471398-9229403#reader_0262560992). This is a classic text introducing the gentle art of programming, using the functional programming language Scheme. -**Of particular interest for this course** is the explanation of the Y combinator, avaialble as a free sample chapter +Many people love this book, but it has an unusual dialog format that is not to everybody's taste. +**Of particular interest for this course** is the explanation of the Y combinator, available as a free sample chapter [at the MIT Press web page for the book](http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTLS/).