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Re:Hello world in Kawa Scheme for Android by qaexl on Monday December 29, 2008 @03:11PM (#413367)
I've always wanted to learn Common Lisp or Scheme. This is a great motivator for me -- I love the idea of Android, and I hate having to use Java.

Does anyone here have good beginner books on Scheme? I'm thinking long-term; I don't expect functional mastery overnight.

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Re:Hello world in Kawa Scheme for Android by jcl on Monday December 29, 2008 @03:33PM (#413398)
Maybe "How To Design Programs"? (http://www.htdp.org/) I'm not sure if "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" qualifies as a beginner's text, but that's also available online (http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/).

There's also "Scheme and the Art of Programming" and "The Little Schemer".

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