X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=index.mdwn;h=b8efb1f8bf014df50af460a3955c734bdb207955;hp=e5431d7e5f9e6567e51857a951c35b1d42115635;hb=a9aee37e35149b53fe1a1db831570222e7a1d1b2;hpb=41fc6988f4884de2c9fe4655be38730ffc882c19 diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index e5431d7e..b8efb1f8 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -1,28 +1,18 @@ Welcome to your new wiki. -All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does too. - -Sample content. - -More content added by git. - -CB:Here's some content added by me using git. - -Enabled "lockedit" plugin: testing that admins can still edit pages. - -CB: content added by editing the wiki page using a browser. - ----- +1. [[How to get the programming languages running on your computer]] 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, 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. -**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/). +All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does too. + This wiki is powered by [[ikiwiki]].