From: barker Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:30:06 +0000 (-0400) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=5762a06a15b615c6dbd172c1d8cb92cb5313515a;ds=sidebyside --- diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index c237ddb0..698f519a 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ 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. 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, avaialble as a free sample chapter