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Need to Specifically Learn Scheme Knowing Java and Python

I would like to read SICP but I don't want to fully learn Scheme. I know Java, C#, and Python all very well, so would it be possible to pick up Scheme quickly while still getting the full value out of the book?

Solution

  • Yes. Just read it, the code is very simple.

    (f a b c) means f(a,b,c), and (define (f a b c) ...) means f(a,b,c) { ... }. And, the values, not variables, have types (variables instead are generic pointers to values). That's all. :)

    So just by reading the book you'll be able to pick up the Scheme as used in it -- this was the expressed intent of the authors, too.

    After reading some, or even before, watch the videos from the 80s. It's great stuff.