X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=index.mdwn;h=b8efb1f8bf014df50af460a3955c734bdb207955;hp=abbef74e5c3627e2f1c5b61bf2099b86f5e2f251;hb=f47fc704f1d951256dad77c6ed7c60d0f2377a24;hpb=bdce1c79d60162a286fa20f07bb2b7f2bf73b32c diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index abbef74e..b8efb1f8 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ Welcome to your new wiki. -All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does too. +1. [[How to get the programming languages running on your computer]] + +Some programming resources: -Sample content. +Books: -More content added by git. + *The Little Schemer, Fourth Edition*, 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. +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/). -Enabled "lockedit" plugin: testing that admins can still edit pages. ----- +All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does too. This wiki is powered by [[ikiwiki]].